OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of liposuction as treatment in troublesome colostomies and urinary stomas in selected patients. DESIGN: Open clinical study. SETTING: University hospital, Norway. SUBJECTS: 8 consecutive patients with colostomies (n = 2) or urinary stomas (n = 6) who required treatment with liposuction above or around the stoma, mainly for leakage. INTERVENTIONS: Syringe-assisted liposuction under local anaesthesia. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Change in stoma function, particularly reduction in the incidence of leakage, and by the patients' satisfaction graded according to a four point scale. RESULTS: All patients noted considerable improvements in stoma function, or abdominal contour, or both. CONCLUSION: Troublesome colostomies and urinary stomas can in selected patients be successfully treated with liposuction above or around the stoma.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of liposuction as treatment in troublesome colostomies and urinary stomas in selected patients. DESIGN: Open clinical study. SETTING: University hospital, Norway. SUBJECTS: 8 consecutive patients with colostomies (n = 2) or urinary stomas (n = 6) who required treatment with liposuction above or around the stoma, mainly for leakage. INTERVENTIONS: Syringe-assisted liposuction under local anaesthesia. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Change in stoma function, particularly reduction in the incidence of leakage, and by the patients' satisfaction graded according to a four point scale. RESULTS: All patients noted considerable improvements in stoma function, or abdominal contour, or both. CONCLUSION: Troublesome colostomies and urinary stomas can in selected patients be successfully treated with liposuction above or around the stoma.