![]() However, some patients sometimes need to maintain ileostomies for more than 6 months, until adjuvant treatment is terminated completely. Transient ileostomies are generally closed 2 or more months after radical surgery and stoma creation, this allows adequate time for the anastomosis to fully heal. ![]() Although ileostomy cannot prevent leakage itself, a temporary ileostomy can minimize the aggravation of clinical symptoms due to leakage and convert major complications that demand surgical intervention to minor complications that can improve with conservative treatment. Transient ileostomy is selectively performed for rectal cancer surgery with risk of anastomotic failure.
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