Hi everyone, I've joined this forum hopefully to get advice for my dad. I would like to know if it is common to receive a colostomy pouch after surgery to remove one of his kidneys? He had the operation through keyhole surgery. They told him after the first surgery that everything went well and he was really happy. Then he started to suffer with severe pains, etc., and went back to the hospital. This was a good few weeks after the operation. They ran a CT scan, etc., and found he had a blockage and he needed emergency surgery to fix it, which resulted in a section of bowel being removed and the need for a colostomy pouch (reversible). Just before the second operation to fix the blockage, the hospital where he had the first surgery rang to tell him he needed to go back to the hospital urgently, as they had re-looked at his notes and found there were complications during the first surgery. He's obviously upset and I was just looking for advice on if it is common or not. Thanks, sorry the info is vague but I'm not well informed on all the facts at the moment. Any help or answers would be really appreciated.
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