WOCNext 2019

(502) Challenges in Stoma Creation: Pre-Op & Intra-Op (Room Grand Ballroom B-C)

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.