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A 5 page research paper that discusses ostomy wound care. The writer looks first at the various types of ostomy wounds and the medical conditions that provide the impetus for their creation; management of ostomy wounds; factors that can complicate ostomy care; and the latest evidence-based interventions for ostomy wound management. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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of the bowel or urinary system onto the abdomen," with the most common intestinal stomas being those from colostomy (Bray and Sanders 33). Ostomy wounds can be due to a
wide variety of conditions and the etiology of the disease will be the determining factor as to whether the ostomy is temporary or permanent (Pontieri-Lewis 199). The following examination of
this topic looks first at the various types of ostomy wounds and the medical conditions that provide the impetus for their creation; management of ostomy wounds; factors that can complicate
ostomy care; and the latest evidence-based interventions for ostomy wound management. There are various types of stomas. Temporary stomas are used to divert fecal matter in order to allow
healing or resting of a "distal portion of the bowel," which serves to protect the healing section from anastomosis (Kirkwood 20). The continuity of the bowel can be restored later.
Two types of temporary stomas are "loop ileostomy and loop colostomy" (Kirkwood 20). Permanent stomas are required after "resection of the rectum and all or part of the bowel" and
this cannot be restored (Kirkwood 20). This is done in cases of advanced colorectal cancer or it may be done in order to relieve an obstruction (Kirkwood 20). A urinary
diversion stoma (urostomy) allows urine to be passed through the stoma rather than the urethra (Kirkwood 20). Sometime stomas are done as necessary treatment for inflammatory bowel diseases, such
as Crohns disease or ulcerative colitis (Kirkwood 20). To sum up, diseases that can require the recreation of a stoma are "diverticular disease, inflammatory bowel disease, colon-rectal cancer, intestinal obstruction;
gastrointestinal trauma, and gynecological cancers" (Pontieri-Lewis 199). The diseases associated with creating urinary stomas are "bladder cancer, neurogenic bladder, interstitial cystitis and refractory radiation cystitis" (Pontieri-Lewis 199). The patient should
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