BUTTON-PEXY FIXATION FOR REPAIR OF ILEOSTOMY AND COLOSTOMY PROLAPSE

Intestinal stomas are used in the surgical management of a number of c ongenital and acquired gastrointestinal conditions, Minor stomal compl ications are relatively common and are often well managed with nonoper ative measures. Stomal prolapse may not represent a serious problem, b ut occasionally it requires surgical correction because of severe skin excoriation, bleeding, or incarceration of the bowel. The authors des cribe the treatment of stomal prolapse with the technique of button-pe xy fixation, as originally described by C,W, Mayo. Copyright (C) 1995 by W.B. Saunders Company