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• TITLE: Incidence of Ostomies in Tertiary Care Teaching Institution

  AUTHORS: D. Devi Keerthana, A. Rekha

  KEYWORDS: Ostomies, Ileostomy, Jejunostomy, Colostomy, Indications, Malignancy

  JOURNAL NAME: Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, Vol.8 No.7, July 11, 2019

  ABSTRACT: A retrospective observational study was conducted at Saveetha medical college and hospital, over 2 years, from January 2017-January 2019. A total of 29 patients with ostomies were included in this study. Information regarding the types and indications of the ostomies were collected from the hospital records. The collected data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel, and represented by tables and charts. Majority of patients were the males and the predominant age group was 51 - 60 years old. The objective of the present study was to classify ostomies based on organs and to analyze the aetiology for creating those ostomies.