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Table 4 Distribution of stoma formation related complications versus stomal sites (N= 43)

From: Indications for and complications of intestinal stomas in the children and adults at a tertiary care hospital in a resource-limited setting: a Tanzanian experience

Stoma formation related complications

Anatomical site of stoma

Total N (%)

Children

Adults

Jejunum (%)

Ileum (%)

Transverse colon (%)

Sigmoid colon (%)

Ileum (%)

Sigmoid colon (%)

Denuded peristomal skin

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (5)

Stoma Prolapse

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (67)

16 (55)

0 (0)

0 (0)

18 (42)

Surgical site infection

0 (0)

1 (50)

0 (0)

3 (10)

2 (50)

1 (25)

7 (16)

Bleeding

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (2)

Retraction

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (33)

1 (3)

1 (25)

0 (0)

3 (7)

Stenosis

1 (100)

1 (50)

0 (0)

3 (10)

0 (0)

0 (0)

5 (12)

Obstruction

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (5)

Necrosis

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (25)

1 (2)

Peritonitis

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (25)

2 (50)

3 (16)

Parastomal hernia

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (2)

Total (N)

1 (3)

2 (6)

3 (9)

29 (81)

4 (50)

4 (50)

43 (100)