A Study on Postoperative Ileus in Patients with Ileostomy as a Diverting Stoma after Low Anterior Resection

Abstract

We investigated the risk factors for postoperative intestinal obstruction in patients with loop ileostomy as a diverting stoma after low anterior resection and examined preventive measures for intestinal obstruction. Two groups totaling 23 patients undergoing diverting loop ileostomy were studied retrospectively over a 19-month period. One group (10 patients) had intestinal obstruction, and the other (13 patients) had not. In univariate and multivariate analyses, thickness of the rectus muscle of the abdomen was a significant prognostic factor in intestinal obstruction after constructed ileostomy.