Topical osmotic therapy for a prolapsed incarcerated ostomy

• Main Authors: José Albuquerque Landim Júnior (Author), José Valmir Moura Júnior (Author), Humberto Bia Lima Forte (Author), Lara Moreira Teles de Vasconcelos (Author), Márcia Maria de Holanda Góes Bezerra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Ostomy Prolapses are common complications in ostomized patients with some studies showing a 38% incidence in pediatric population (Husain and Cataldo, 2008; Robertson et al., 2005) [1,2]. Some prolapses remain incarcerated demanding urgent surgery. In the last decades the use of osmoti...