Early closure of temporary ileostomy--the EASY trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective is to evaluate efficiency based on data on morbidity and mortality, health-related quality of life and healthcare-related costs after early reversal of temporary ileostomy after rectal resection for cancer compared with the standard procedure (late reversal).

Background

Reversal of a temporary ileostomy is generally associated with a low morbidity and mortality. However, ostomy reversal may cause complications requiring reoperation with subsequent major complications, in ranges from 0% to 7-9% and minor complications varying from 4-5% to 30%. Based on studies exploring and describing the time of closure in previous studies which are mostly of low quality, a recent review concluded that closing a temporary stoma within 2 weeks did not seem to be associ

SUBMITTER: Danielsen AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3191573 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature