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An ostomy is a surgical procedure performed when normal bowel or bladder function is lost due to birth defects, disease, treatment for disease, or injury. Conditions that may require an ostomy include colorectal cancer, traumatic injury to the bowel or bladder, diverticulitis, inflammatory bowel disease, and removal of the bladder.

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Ostomy Procedures - Colostomy, Ileostomy, Urostomy, Cystostomy

Overview

An ostomy is a surgical procedure performed when normal bowel or bladder function is lost due to birth defects, disease, treatment for disease, or injury. Conditions that may require an ostomy include colorectal cancer, traumatic injury to the bowel or bladder, diverticulitis, inflammatory bowel disease, and removal of the bladder. Cancer necessitates nearly 80% of ostomy procedures. Ostomy procedures are performed in a hospital and patients are admitted for several days or longer, depending on the severity of the condition and complications that occur.

An ostomy may be temporary or permanent. Temporary ostomies are created when the digestive tract must be allowed to heal without irritation caused by the passage of stool. The surgery allows the body's wastes

(e.g., stool, urine) to be expelled through an opening created in the abdomen. Types of ostomy procedures include colostomy, ileostomy, and urostomy. The type performed depends on the location and extent of the disease or injury. A person who has had ostomy surgery is an ostomate.

Types

Colostomy A colostomy involves creating an opening in the abdomen (ostomy) and pulling through a portion of the large intestine (colon). This is called a stoma and allows stool to pass directly out of the body, bypassing the diseased or damaged section of the colon. The consistency and frequency of the discharge from the stoma depends on the type of colostomy performed. There are four main types: ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid.

A colostomy is performed under general anesthesia, and the operating time varies according to the extent of the damage to the colon. Once the damaged section is located, the surgeon clamps both ends of the colon and brings one end out through the ostomy. This end becomes the stoma, and the other end of the colon remains clamped off. Sometimes the damaged section is removed.

Ascending colostomy —This procedure is performed in the ascending colon, on the right side of the abdomen. The stool that passes from this type is liquid to semiliquid and is rich in digestive enzymes. This discharge is often irritating to the skin around the stoma (peristomal skin).

Transverse colostomy —This procedure is performed in the transverse section of the colon, across the middle of the abdomen. Discharge from this type is usually liquid to semiformed in consistency and is less irritating to peristomal skin.

Descending colostomy —This type is performed in the descending portion of the colon, on the left side of the abdomen. Stool is semiformed to formed in consistency because most of the water has been absorbed as it moves through the ascending and transverse sections of the colon.

Sigmoid colostomy —This procedure is performed in the sigmoid colon, on the lower left side of the abdomen. Stool has a normal, formed consistency.

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SAINT JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER

from: Medicare.govHospitalCompare_General

ProviderNumber: 210007 Title: SAINT JOSEPH MEDICA...

ProviderNumber: 210007

Title: SAINT JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER

Address1: 7601 OSLER DRIVE

City: TOWSON

State Code: MD

Zip Code: 21204

County: BALTIMORE

Phone Number: 4103371200

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals

Hospital Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Church

Emergency Services: Yes

Registries: Registries: Cardiac Surgery - YES; Stroke Care - YES; Nursing Care - YES

Death from serious treatable complications after surgery Compared to National Average: Not Available - Number of Patients: NA; Rate: NA)

Collapsed lung due to medical treatment Compared to National Average: Not Available - Number of Patients: NA; Rate: NA)

Breathing failure after surgery Compared to National Average: Not Available - Number of Patients: NA; Rate: NA)

Serious blood clots after surgery Compared to National Average: Not Available - Number of Patients: NA; Rate: NA)

A wound that splits open after surgery Compared to National Average: Not Available - Number of Patients: NA; Rate: NA)

Accidental cuts and tears from medical treatment Compared to National Average: Not Available - Number of Patients: NA; Rate: NA)

Serious Complications Compared to National Average: Not Available (Number of Patients: NA; Rate: NA)

Death after surgery to repair a weakness in the abdominal aorta: Not Available (Number of Patients: NA; Rate: NA)

Deaths after admission for broken hip Compared to National Average: Not Available (Number of Patients: NA; Rate: NA)

Deaths from Certain Conditions Compared to National Average: Not Available (Number of Patients: NA; Rate: NA)

Patient Review Communication:
Nurses communicated well - Sometimes/Never: 6; Usually: 20; Always: 74
Doctors communicated well - Sometimes/Never: 3; Usually: 18; Always: 79
Receive help as soon as they want - Sometimes/Never: 11; Usually: 27; Always: 62
Pain was well controlled - Sometimes/Never: 7; Usually: 24; Always: 69
Explained about medicines before giving it to them - Sometimes/Never: 26; Usually: 20; Always: 54
Clean room and bathroom - Sometimes/Never: 13; Usually: 26; Always: 61
Area around their room were quiet at night - Sometimes/Never: 11; Usually: 30; Always: 59
Provided recovery at home instructions - Yes: 81; No: 19
Hospital rating (O to 10; 10 highest) - 6 or lower: 8; 7 or 8: 23; 9 or 10: 69
YES, would recommend the hospital: 76
Number of completed Surveys: 300 or more

Patients who gave their hospital a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale: 69

Percentage of Patients who would recommend the hospital: Definitely Recommend: 76; Probably Recommend: 19; Not Recommend: 5

Surgery patients given the right antibiotic to prevent infection: NA

Patients treated at the right time within 24 hrs before or after: NA

Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time: NA

Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic: NA

MERCY MEDICAL CENTER INC

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ProviderNumber: 210008 Title: MERCY MEDICAL CENTE...

ProviderNumber: 210008

Title: MERCY MEDICAL CENTER INC

Address1: 301 ST PAUL PLACE

City: BALTIMORE

State Code: MD

Zip Code: 21202

County: BALTIMORE CITY

Phone Number: 4103329237

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals

Hospital Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Church

Emergency Services: Yes

Registries: Registries: Cardiac Surgery - NA; Stroke Care - NA; Nursing Care - NA