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ArticleInternational wound journal2025

Creating Colostomies for Sacral Pressure Ulcers: A Single-Centre Retrospective Study.

Hsu-Ping Tseng, Yuan-Sheng Tzeng, Shu-Yu Wu, Chien-Ju Wu, Lin-Yin Wang, Shih-Wei Yang, Shih-Hung Liu, Ching-Han Chang, Kuan-Hung Lai

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Hsu-Ping TsengDivision of Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yuan-Sheng TzengDivision of Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shu-Yu WuInstitute of Aerospace and Undersea Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chien-Ju WuDivision of Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Lin-Yin WangDivision of Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shih-Wei YangDivision of Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shih-Hung LiuDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ching-Han ChangDepartment of Surgery, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Kuan-Hung LaiDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4754-990X

Funding

Tri-Service General Hospital TSGH_E_113293Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital MND-MAB-D-114245
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Abstract

Faecal contamination of sacral pressure ulcers occurs frequently, so, theoretically, faecal diversion using colostomies is a useful procedure. We retrospectively analysed the data of adult patients for whom colostomies were created to enhance wound healing and compared patients with sacral pressure ulcers who received colostomies and those who did not during the same period. Patients' characteristics analysed included age, gender, comorbidities, WBC count, serum CRP level and microbial profile (before creating colostomy). Additionally, we examined whether the wound was closed, the recurrence rate after wound closure, and mortality outcomes. Regression analysis indicated that colostomy creation was associated with fewer species of gut microbiota cultured and lower rates of wound dehiscence after closure; no association was found between colostomy and mortality. Colostomies help promote wound healing of sacral pressure ulcers after closure by eradicating wound infection, and do not increase patients' mortality rates.

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ColostomyPressure UlcerWound HealingAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesSacrococcygeal RegionTreatment Outcomecolostomyfaecal diversionmortalitypressure ulcerwound dehiscencewound infection

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PMCPMC12380474

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