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Volume 60 - Issue 5 - May 2014 ISSN 1943-2720
Section:
Feature Index: Ostomy Wound Manage. 2014;60(5):16–26.
Keywords:surgical stoma, postoperative complications, nursing, multicenter trials, retrospective study
Abstract
Even though preoperative marking of the stoma area is considered important for the prevention of postoperative complications, not all healthcare institutions have universally adopted this practice. A multicenter, retrospective, descriptive study was conducted to determine the effect of stoma site marking on stomal and peristomal complications.
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