Table 2.

Complications during diversion and outcomes

Variable	No. of patients (%)		P-value
	Colostomy group (n = 176)	Ileostomy group (n = 234)
Stoma-related complication
Stoma retraction	38 (21.6)	22 (9.4)	0.001
Dermatitis	26 (14.8)	49 (20.9)	0.142
Stoma dehiscence	29 (16.5)	34 (14.5)	0.687
High output	0 (0)	26 (11.1)	<0.001
Acute kidney injury	0 (0)	5/26 (19.2)	0.134
Mucosa hypertrophy	6 (3.4)	3 (1.3)	0.265
Parastomal infection	4 (2.3)	3 (1.3)	0.703
Readmission for parastomal cellulitis	0 (0)	1/3 (33.3)	>0.999
Prolapse	4 (2.3)	1 (0.4)	0.218
Stoma bleeding	1 (0.6)	4 (1.7)	0.557
Parastomal hernia	0 (0)	3 (1.3)	0.356
Overall complication	64 (36.4)	102 (43.6)	0.170
Outcome (successful closure of stoma)	160 (90.9)	221 (94.4)	0.235