title: Ileostomy and excisional surgery for chronic inflammatory disease of the colon: a survey of one hospital region.
abstract: Four hundred and fifty-three patients who underwent ileostomy and excisional large bowel surgery for chronic inflammatory disease at two teaching hospitals and 35 non-teaching hospitals within the North East Metropolitan Hospital Region during the years 1955-66 were surveyed through a study of hospital case records. The surgical results and complications are presented in part I; a study of the health of these patients after their discharge from hospital is made in part II in an attempt to answer the question posed by many ileostomists, ;Are we as healthy as other people?'
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003082:Colectomy; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000601:surgery*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D007249:Inflammation / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology