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Nursing care for patients with intestinal stomas is essential for ensuring their comfort, to prevent complications and promote their overall well-being. The quality of life of the patients with stomas can vary widely depending on their ability to adapt to the new physical and emotional state, but also to social changes that came with it. Health care professionals specializing in ostomy care can provide valuable guidance and support throughout the process. This study aims to identify and to summarize methods of nursing care for patients with an intestinal stoma and how these impact the perceived quality of life for those patients. Preoperative evaluation by an entero-stomal therapist and stoma site marking has been proved to reduce postoperative complications. Many of the peristomal skin complications can be prevented entirely by meticulous skin care. Follow-up is essential for the patient with a newly acquired intestinal ostomy to detect and provide treatment for ostomy-related complications that may occur. Regular monitoring and early intervention can help manage parastomal hernias effectively and improve the patient's quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Schwannoma is a tumor that originates from the Schwann cells that surround a neuron's axon. This tumor is very rare in the gastrointestinal tract and develops submucosally from intestinal nerve plexuses. The most common location for gastrointestinal schwannomas is the stomach, where they account for only 0.2% of gastric tumors. We present the case of a 56-year-old asymptomatic patient who was diagnosed, following a routine ultrasound examination, with an abdominal tumor. An abdominal MRI confirmed the gastric origin of the tumor. Although a subsequent upper-digestive endoscopic ultrasound was performed, a definitive diagnosis could not be established. Thus, a laparoscopic wedge resection of the stomach was performed. The immunohistochemical examination of the tumor established the diagnosis of benign schwannoma. Despite the availability of advanced endoscopy and imaging techniques, the diagnosis of gastric schwannoma is very rarely preoperative. The immunohistochemical identification of S-100 on the surgical specimen confirmed the diagnosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Byline: Stefan. Patrascu, Catalin. Copaescu, Valeriu. Surlin, Sandu. Ramboiu, Alice. Dragoescu, Sorin. Stanilescu, Dan. Cristian, Bogdan. Ungureanu, Daniela. Burtea, Ana. Patrascu, Florin. Turcu, Adrian. Saftoiu Background: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic [...]

The increased incidence of colon cancer patients requiring emergency surgery should raise more interest in its complete morphopathological characterization. We performed a retrospective analysis of all colon cancer patients admitted through the emergency setting and operated in our Institution during the last 5 years. Special emphasis was put on the morphological features of the cases, such as histopathologic type, grading, TNM staging, tumoral inflammatory infiltrate, perineural and vascular invasion. We identified 104 patients that underwent radical colon cancer surgery in the emergency setting between 2017 and 2021. Most cases were located on the sigmoid colon and were diagnosed as either locally advanced (92%) or metastatic disease (19%). Vascular invasion was identified in 29% of specimens, while perineural invasion was found in 38% of cases. Colon cancer patients undergoing emergency radical surgery display independent risk factors for the postoperative and the overall oncologic outcomes, such as comedo-necrosis, high lymph node involvement, locally advanced or metastatic disease, and perineural and vascular invasion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]