Patient-related factors | Medical and surgical risk factors |
---|---|
Cardiac co-morbidities | Emergency surgery |
Respiratory co-morbidities | Surgery for malignancy |
Musculoskeletal co-morbidities | Poor surgical technique |
Diabetes | Surgeon’s experience and specialty |
Smoking | No preoperative input from a stoma nurse |
Cancer | Concomitant chemotherapy |
Obesity (BMI > 30) | Corticosteroid therapy |
Age (> 60 years) | Preoperative radiation |
Poor nutritional status | Â |