Ileostomy versus colostomy: impact on functional outcomes after total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer.

Jacopo Martellucci Riccardo Balestri Luigi Brusciano Veronica Iacopini Marco Puccini Ludovico Docimo Fabio Cianchi Piero Buccianti Paolo Prosperi

Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2023)

The presence of a defunctioning stoma seems to have a negative impact on functional bowel activity, especially for delayed closure for ileostomy. This should be considered when the kind of stoma (ileostomy vs. colostomy) is selected for each patient.

Keyphrases

rectal cancer
locally advanced
case report
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy