You are planning to perform an APR on a patient with rectal cancer. How will you create your permanent stoma? Is there a role for prophylactic mesh? Post operatively at one year surveillance they have developed a parastomal hernia, when do you fix it and how? Join Drs. Abelson, Marcello and Aulet and special guest Dr. Paul Sturrock as they discuss key management considerations.
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the different types of parastomal hernia repairs
2. List indications for repair of parastomal hernias
3. Discuss the approach to managing parastomal hernias
J C Goligher, Extraperitoneal colostomy or ileostomy, British Journal of Surgery, Volume 46, Issue 196, September 1958, Pages 97–103, https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.18004619602