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Routine Endoscopy Prior to Surgical Ostomy Closure: An Obsolete Concept.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Closure of temporary diverting ostomies is commonly preceded by an endoscopic study of the colonic mucosa and anastomosis, despite lacking evidence of its relevance and impact on subsequent operative management.

Aim

We sought to determine the incidence of pathological findings and therefore evaluate the clinical benefit of routine pre-operative endoscopy in asymptomatic patients, hypothesizing sole evaluation of the anastomotic integrity to be sufficient in these cases.

Methods

We retrospectively identified all adult patients with ostomy installations who were followed up for potential reversal surgery between 2002 and 2020 at the University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland. Main outcome measures were the incidence of endoscopically identified pathological findings in the asymptomatic case cohort and their impact on the subsequent course of treatment.

Results

Pre-procedural endoscopic data of 187 cases evaluated for ostomy closure were evaluated. Relevant mucosal findings in the asymptomatic cohort were documented in 26.3% and findings at the anastomotic site detected in 8.7%. A change in subsequent surgical management was noted in 10 patients of the entire cohort (5.3%) and in 9 (5.1%) of all asymptomatic cases. Upon multivariate analyses, the age range of 51 to 60 years old was found to be significantly linked to the presence of endoscopic findings entailing a change in patient management.

Conclusion

Our findings strongly suggest ostomy closure surgery without previous assessment of the bowel mucosa by means of endoscopy to be acceptable in asymptomatic patients. However, we found it to be indicated in all patients meeting the screening criteria for colorectal carcinoma.

SUBMITTER: Schreiber ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10570172 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Routine Endoscopy Prior to Surgical Ostomy Closure: An Obsolete Concept.

Schreiber Maxine E ME   Schneider Marcel A MA   Murray Fritz R FR   Turina Matthias M   Gubler Christoph C  

Digestive diseases and sciences 20230914 11


<h4>Background</h4>Closure of temporary diverting ostomies is commonly preceded by an endoscopic study of the colonic mucosa and anastomosis, despite lacking evidence of its relevance and impact on subsequent operative management.<h4>Aim</h4>We sought to determine the incidence of pathological findings and therefore evaluate the clinical benefit of routine pre-operative endoscopy in asymptomatic patients, hypothesizing sole evaluation of the anastomotic integrity to be sufficient in these cases.  ...[more]

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