What is the most common serious serious complication of an end colostomy?
Correct Answer: Parastomal hernia
Description: .COLOSTOMY- It is an aificial opening made in the colon to the exterior (skin) to dive faeces and flatus. Permanent colostomy is always end colostomy placed in left iliac fossa, 6 cm above and medial to the anterior superior iliac spine. Complications of colostomy- 1. Prolapse of mucosa (prolapse of distal loop mucosa is common) - commonest complication 2. Retraction 3. Necrosis 4. Stenosis 5. Herniation 6. Bleeding 7. Diarrhoea 8. Enteritis 9. Skin excoriation ref:SRB&;S manual of surgery,ed 3,pg no 844
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