title: A comparison of end versus loop stomas for ileal conduit urinary diversion.
abstract: We compared the loop and end stoma techniques for ileal conduit urinary diversion in 54 and 27 adults, respectively, with serious bladder disease during a 3-year interval. Followup by trained enterostomal therapists averaged nearly 2 years for all patients. Stenosis occurred in 12 end stomas (44 per cent) but not in any loop stomas. We believe that this result reflects the inherently better blood supply of the loop stoma, which we recommend over the end ileostomy for patients undergoing ileal diversion.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014547:Urinary Diversion / Q000379:methods*