The results of colostomy self-irrigation after a systematic training process

Abstract

The present study comprises the results of the use of self-irrigation by 40 colostomized patients, trained by us through a process of systematized training. The effectiveness of the training process can be checked out considering that the most part of the patients have adopted it in its basic features, pointing out a few number of technical difficulties. As to the results of self-irrigation, as a method for controlling the intestinal habit, we can say that 37,50% of the population showed an absence of fecal leakages and 42,50%, sporadic leakages between the irrigations; 27,50% and 35,00%, with absence of gases in the intervals of time and partial use of the collecting pouch, respectively.