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Authors
Affiliation
Department of Trauma Surgery and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India; *Corresponding author
Harendra Kumar - E-mail: harendra15989@gmail.com
Rekha Kumari - E-mail: rekhaanaesthesia0@gmail.com
Anil Kumar - E-mail: dranil4@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Abstract
Ileostomy is a life-saving procedure often performed in emergency settings for complicated cases such as ileal perforation, particularly due to enteric fever and intestinal tuberculosis. We conducted a prospective study between October 2018 and September 2020, including 57 patients who underwent temporary ileostomy for faecal diversion in emergency laparotomies. The majority of patients were male, with common presenting symptoms being abdominal pain, fever and vomiting. Postoperative complications were frequent, the most common being skin excoriation and ileostomy diarrhoea, while the overall mortality rate was 3.51% and the average hospital stay was 10–14 days. Despite these challenges, temporary ileostomy remains an effective and essential intervention in critically ill patients, with manageable complications and favourable outcomes.
Keywords
Ileostomy, perforation, peritonitis, emergency.
Citation
Kumar et al. Bioinformation 21(11): 4255-4259 (2025)
Edited by
Neelam Goyal & Shruti Dabi
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
