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Table 2 Risk factors associated with stoma complications

From: Stoma-related complications and emergencies

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

 
  1. Outlined are risk factors associated with stoma-related complications. These can be both patient-related, but also due to medical conditions that pose risk factors for the development of complications