Is a stoma for intestinal obstruction major surgery?

Fistula surgery for intestinal obstruction is a simpler procedure when the patient’s condition is such that he or she cannot undergo complex surgery. For patients with intestinal obstruction, due to intestinal obstruction, water electrolyte and acid-base balance disorders may occur. If the patient is older, has poor cardiopulmonary function and cannot tolerate prolonged surgery, or if the lesion at the site of the obstruction is more complicated, enterostomy or extra-intestinal placement can be considered to relieve the obstruction. The main point of this type of surgery is to make an enterostomy in the intestine proximal to the obstruction to relieve the pressure and physiological disorders caused by prolonged obstruction. This type of surgery is mainly used for low-level intestinal obstruction, such as acute colonic obstruction. It is recommended that patients should go to the hospital for consultation and treatment in a timely manner according to their individual conditions and follow the doctor’s instructions, so as to effectively alleviate the pain caused by the disease, delay the aggravation of the disease, and prolong the patient’s survival period.