Publication Date
12-1-2020
Journal
Journal of Surgical Case Reports
DOI
10.1093/jscr/rjaa502
PMID
33391641
PMCID
PMC7765704
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
12-26-2020
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Published Open-Access
no
Abstract
The provision of intestinal stoma care is challenging in austere settings due to limitations in surgical and wound care access as well as the high cost and sparsity of ostomy supplies. As a result, many surgical patients suffer from ostomy-related complications such as peristomal wounds and are unable to find relief for these complications from standard treatments and measures. This article describes the external stoma diversion, a cost-effective palliative surgical procedure that assists in the healing of peristomal wounds in resource-limited settings.