Diverting colostomy is an effective and reversible option for severe hemorrhagic radiation proctopathy

Table 2 Clinical details and outcomes of 14 colostomy patients

Characteristic	Case														Median(range or %)
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Age	70	83	49	48	59	72	58	73	56	47	63	68	46	59	61 (47-83)
Sex	F	F	F	F	F	F	M	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	13 (F, 93%)
Primary cancer	Cervix	Cervix	Cervix	Cervix	Cervix	Cervix	Rectum	Cervix	Cervix	Anus	Cervix	Cervix	Cervix	Cervix	12 (Cervix, 86%)
Radiation dosage, Gy	98	80	96	60	80	78	50	80	80	84	86	74	120	80	82 (50-120)
Duration of bleeding in mo	19	15	14	21	15	18	8	7	15	10	10	8	11	10	13 (7-21)
Pre-Op transfusion (U)	5	8	4	2	4	8	4	-	4	2	2	2	2	-	12 (Yes, 86%)
Duration of stoma in mo	48		34	18	10	34	9	26	15	12	53	10	15	14	16 (9-53)
Indication(s) for colostomy	Severe anemia	Severe anemia	Severe anemia	Severe anemia	Severe anemia	Severe anemia	Severe anemia	Moderate anemia + perianal pain	Severe anemia	Severe anemia + perianal pain	Severe anemia	Severe anemia	Severe anemia	Severe anemia+ sigmoid colon sclerosis	-
Hb, g/L
Pre-Op Hb	44	36	76	63	36	35	71	87	52	78	72	78	76	78	63 (35-87)
Post-Op 3 mo	85	-	85	-	-	45	87	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	75 (45-87)
Post-Op 6 m	-	-	-	-	94	-	-	77	-	-	108	118	-	-	99 (77-118)
Post-Op 9 mo	-	-	-	102	-	75	120	-	-	-	-	117	122	-	107 (75-120)
Post-Op 1 yr	-	-	-	100	113	-	-	123	114	114	-	-	-	105	111 (100-123)
Post-Op 2 yr	-	-	118	102	-	111	135	130	114	-	110	-	117	-	117 (102-135)
Post-Op transfusion	No	Yes	No	No	No	yes	No	yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Stoma closure	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	13 (Yes, 93%)
Stoma complications	Hernia	-	-	-	-	-	Prolapse	-	Obstruction	-	-	-	-	-	3 (Yes, 21%)
Pre-Op bleeding score	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3 (2-3)1
Bleeding score at stoma reversal	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	0	0	-	0	1	1	1 (0-1)1
Treatment after stoma	-	-	-	-	-	APC 1	Formalin 1	APC 1	-	-	APC 1	-	-	-

¹Median value. Pre-Op: Pre-operative; Post-Op: Post-operative; Hb: Hemoglobin; RTD: Rectal telangiectasia density; APC: Argon plasma coagulation.