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Table 7 Distribution of patients according to post-definitive treatment complications

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

Post-definitive treatment complications

Children <18 yrs

Adults >18 yrs

Total N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Surgical site infections

7 (35)

2 (33)

9 (35)

Wound dehiscence

3 (15)

1 (17)

4 (15)

Anal stenosis

3 (15)

0 (0)

3 (12)

Entero-cutaneous fistula

1 (5)

2 (33)

3 (12)

Soiling

3 (15)

0 (0)

3 (12)

Peritonitis

2 (10)

0 (0)

2 (8)

Intra-abdominal abscess

1 (5)

1 (17)

2 (8)

Total

20 (77)

6 (23)

26 (100)