Abstract
We can list several problems concerning ostomates who have undergone the formation of a stoma in early childhood. These include:(1)their lack of information about the disease requiring the stoma and the type of surgery;(2)lack of familiarity with the diseases and operations by surgeons who typically treat only adults;(3)closure of the hospital where the patient underwent surgery and unavailability of medical records for further inquiry;(4)their partner being a barrier to communication;(5)no information on whether their physical problems were congenital or acquired by surgery;(6)their childish manner;(7)the intensity with which they apply themselves to their style of self-stoma care that impedes them from accepting a new method of stoma-care. In order to resolve these problems;(1)pediatric surgeons should offer full,objective information about their diseases and complications, and also prepare a copy (floppy disk, CD or MO) containing the ostomate's full medical records;(2)surgeons mainly treating adult diseases should continue to learn extraprofessional fields;(3)and all staff members in the pediatric wards should endeavor not to “coddle” or over-protect infantile ostomates at earlier ages.