A stoma is
defined as an artificial opening which is made surgically in the bowel
or bladder and it can be a temporary or permanent opening.
What is Stoma
Reversal Surgery?
Stoma reversal surgery is a surgery mainly done to create a new opening
in a person’s body through which waste may depart the body. This
opening may be a temporary opening for a person’s waste or a permanent
fix for bladder or bowel. This surgery is needed for several illness of
the digestive or excretory system. It is done for patients with Chron’s
disease or ulcerative colitis or a person with anus cancer etc. The most
common types of stoma surgery include:
• Colostomy surgery - For a patient with cancer that is spread
in the back passage.
• Ileostomy surgery - For ulcerative colitis.
• Urostomy surgery - For the diversion of normal flow of urine
from the kidneys through a specially created stoma.
Stoma
Reversal Surgery Procedures
Stoma reversal surgery is performed to create an artificial opening for
a person’s waste to exit from the body. This opening helps to allow
the bowels to empty through the new opening than through the anus. This
surgery also helps the urine to exit the body through an alternate way
instead of the person’s urethra. The surgery helps to create a temporary
or permanent outlet for a person’s waste.
Different
stoma reversal surgery procedures are available to the surgeon as the
patients with bowel disease or cancer will not have the same locations
of the affected part. Diagnosis is being done and this determines the
type of surgical procedure a patient should undergo and the procedure
is discussed by your surgeon, stoma nurse specialist or any other team
members.
Complications
after Stoma Reversal Surgery
• Mucosal separation is the main problem found after surgery. As
the stoma is fixed to the skin using stitches there are chances of slight
separation.
• Another common problem found is necrosis and it is caused when
the blood circulation is restricted to the parts of stoma.
• Retraction occurs when the stoma fails to settle back into the
abdomen.
• Late complications of the surgery includes: Bleeding, Friction,
Granulomas, Obstruction, Parastomal hernia, Prolapse etc.
Diet to
follow after Stoma Reversal Surgery
For the first six weeks after the surgery, only prescribed food is allowed
for the patients to avoid symptoms such as diarrhea, obstruction, gas,
odors etc. As dehydration is one of the serious problems, plenty of liquid
intakes have to be taken. Food materials which produce gas and ador can
be avoided and care should be taken to chew your food properly in order
to prevent constipation.
