Research Article
Challenges of Managing Emergency Ileostomy: Nutrition—A Neglected Aspect
Table 2
Postoperative complications encountered.
| Complications | No. of patients (%) |
| Wound infection | 44 (75.8%) | Wound dehiscence | 33 (56.9%) | Chest infection | 23 (39.6%) | Urinary tract infection | 11 (18.9%) | Respiratory failure | 8 (13.8%) | Renal failure | 5 (8.62%) | Cardiac failure | 3 (5.2%) | Anastomotic leak | 2 (3.4%) | Skin excoriation | 36 (62.1%) | Dehydration | 17 (29.3%) | Prolapse | 9 (15.5%) | Proximal perforation | 3 (5.2%) | Retraction of stoma | 1 (1.7%) |
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