An ostomy is a surgically formed opening from the inside of the body to the outside of the body. In this procedure, the intestinal mucosa is brought out to the abdominal wall. A stoma, which is attached to the skin, is formed by stitching the mucosa to the skin. There are different types of ostomy procedures performed such as an ileostomy and a colostomy. Ostomy surgery is vital for patients to perform fecal elimination.
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An ostomy is a surgically formed opening from the inside of the body to the outside of the body. In this procedure, the intestinal mucosa is brought out to the abdominal wall. The stoma is attached to the skin and is formed by suturing the mucosa to the skin (Taylor, 2011, p1325). Not many ostomy surgeries were performed before the 1700s. Jean Amoussat, a French surgeon published a report of stoma operations between 1716 and 1839. On his report he found that 27 operations were performed with only 6 survivors. Due to the high mortality rates from documented surgeries, surgeons were afraid to perform ostomies because of the effect it could have on their reputations. With the development of anesthesia during the 1800s, surgeons began to use diverting colostomy to manage bowel obstruction.
Stomas were first known as fistulas that spontaneously developed during bowel movements. One surgeon noted the correlation between a fistula development and the patient’s survival. The surgeon stated in his journal that surgeons should take lessons from Mother Nature, and since then, ostomy surgeries were planned to improve mortality rates. By the 1900s, surgeons were able to use autopsies of deceased patients that had ostomy surgery to learn what mistakes were made. Ostomy surgeries then became a realisti...
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