Description

To learn some of the patient factors that challenge the surgeon's ability to create a stoma.

• To understand the technical creation of a stoma.
  
• To recognize how end and loop stomas differ in the technical creation.
  
• To identify potential marking issues for appropriate stoma creation.
  
• To learn communication skills to collaborate with surgeons for the benefit of the patient undergoing stoma creation.

Learner Outcome:

• To understand the technical creation of a stoma and how patient factors may challenge the surgeon's ability to create an appropriate stoma.

Speaker(s):

• Elizabeth Raskin, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Loma Linda University; Chief of Colorectal Surgery VA Hospital Loma LindaP, Loma Linda University, VA Hospital Loma Linda