RT Book, Section
A1 Barlotta, Kevin S.
A1 Stack, Lawrence B.
A1 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181041111
T1 Stoma Prolapse
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181041111
RD 2024/04/19
AB When  a  stoma  prolapses,  bowel  telescopes  out  on  itself,  lengthening  the  stoma.  A  stoma  of  the  ileum  may  prolapse  in  3%  to  11%  of  patients  over  a  lifetime.  Causes  of  stomal  prolapse  include  stomal  construction  difficulties,  abdominal  wall  abnormalities  such  as  obesity,  increased  intra-abdominal  pressure,  and  weak  abdominal  musculature.  Clinical  findings  of  stomal  prolapse  include  increase  in  size  and  length  of  the  stoma;  edema  of  the  mucosa;  and  bleeding;  and  if  ischemic,  it  may  be  dusky,  cyanotic,  or  purple  in  color.