title: Surgical treatment of colostomy complications.
abstract: One hundred and twenty-three patients (M:F, 0.9:1; mean age 62 years) underwent 156 operations between 1954 and 1984 for correction of late colostomy complications (stenosis 65 patients, prolapse 16 patients, paracolostomy hernia 42 patients). Sixty-three per cent of patients eventually had a good result but in some up to 5 operations were necessary. Local excision of scar tissue at the mucocutaneous junction was associated with a 61 per cent (43/71) success rate for relief of colostomy stenosis. Where local fixation failed to prevent recurrent colostomy prolapse (13/20, 65 per cent of local fixation operations), colectomy and ileostomy was the most effective second procedure (2/3, 67 per cent success rate). Where local repair of a paracolostomy hernia failed (15/32, 47 per cent of local operations), resiting of the stoma to the umbilicus or right side of the abdomen produced better results (3/7, 43 per cent success rate) than resiting to another trephine on the left side of the abdomen (2/14, 14 per cent success rate).
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Mark's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Allen-Mersh
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Thomson
mesh_terms: D003125:Colostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation