title: [Analysis of medical/surgical complications of cutaneous ileostomy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our objective is to carried out a descriptive study about medical-surgical complications and alterations about quality of life in stoma patients secondary to bladder tumour.
  
  
  METHODS
  The series are composed of 67 patients. The mean age was 70.3 years. We analyse the following variable: early and late medical-surgical complications, the body mass index (BMI) change and the alteration of quality of life.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most frequent early complication is the ischemic necrosis (7%) without posterior repercussion. The late complications in frequency order are: peristomal dermatitis (18%), plane stoma (12%), peristomal hernia (12%), stenosis (9%) and granuloma (6%). The BMI changes don't conditionate a increase in the complications. The psychological adaptation is good in 92%, although the majority affirm a little changes in life-style, but they don't have a repercussion on quality of life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this series we estimate a low incidence of complications. The preoperative counsel and the posterior following by the stoma care nurse-surgeon team, play a fundamental role on psychological adaptation after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urologia, Hospital del Mar, UAB, Barcelona.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alonso Gracia
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lorente Garín
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de León Morales
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cañís Sánchez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cortadellas Angel
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Sánchez de la Blanca
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gelabert-Más
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies