Management of Ileostomy and Colostomy

INDUSTRIAL advances in recent years, particularly in the fields of plastics and adhesives, have done much to lighten the load carried by patients burdened with an artificial anus. The cumbersome, odor-retaining receptacles of the past have been replaced by lightweight, disposable plastic materials that may now be effectively fixed to the abdominal skin by the newer adhesives. The physician assigned to the care of these patients, however, continues to encounter the complications of the past, and each case continues to tax his ability and ingenuity.IleostomyBecause the dejecta from the lower small bowel are quite different in character from . . .