Pediatr Rev. 2024 Apr 1;45(4):210-224. doi: 10.1542/pir.2023-006195.

Kaitlyn Mullin ^1 2, Rebecca M Rentea ^3 4, Meagan Appleby ⁴, Patrick T Reeves ^1 2

Author information

¹Pediatric Colorectal Center, Department of Pediatrics, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX.

²Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD.

³Comprehensive Colorectal Center, Department of Surgery, Children's Mercy Hospital-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO.

⁴University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO.

Abstract

Despite the advancement of medical therapies in the care of the preterm neonate, in the management of short bowel syndrome and the control of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease, the need to create fecal ostomies remains a common, advantageous treatment option for many medically complex children.