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[Management of derivation and feeding stomas]
Jeremy Meyer1, Caroline Bastid2, Christian Toso1
1Service de chirurgie viscérale, Département de chirurgie, HUG, 1211 Genève 14.
Abstract:
A stoma is the opening of the digestive tract to the skin, whether performed using a medical device or surgery. The goals of a stoma may be to supplement anatomical nutrition, to decompress the digestive tract, or to protect a part of the digestive tract or the perineum. Stomas can be performed at all levels of the digestive tract and be of different anatomical types. The management of stomas, as well as the management of their potential complications, whose incidence can reach 80%, require specific knowledge, which constitutes the objective of the present article.
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