[Temporary stoma in infancy and childhood].

Between 1979 and 1989 70 colostomies and ileostomies were performed in children at the University Clinic of Freiburg. 56 of them could be closed in the same period. Indications for the stoma were an acute abdomen in 37%, atresia in 26% and M. Hirschsprung in 21%. 79% of the stomata were performed in the first year of life. The most serious complications were prolapse, stenosis and retraction. 17% of the stoma complications required an operative treatment.