Patients with an ovality percentage of 60% or below were considered grossly oval, with a percentage score of 100% being perfectly round. The majority of the group - 457 people - had ovality percentages between 70% and 100%.
To understand why Dermacol might work on a slightly oval stoma, we then worked out the percentage ovality of the base Dermacol products. The results found that the range of Dermacol sizes could potentially accommodate an ovality of 74% on a DC23 down to an ovality of 84% for a DC38.
| Dermacol | % Ovality |
|---|---|
| DC23 | 74 |
| DC26 | 76.9 |
| DC29 | 79.3 |
| DC32 | 81.5 |
| DC35 | 83 |
| DC38 | 88 |
Therefore, it's no surprise that Salts are receiving excellent feedback on the prevention of leakage from patients who consider their own stomas to be oval.
In a recent survey of 13 patients with stomas that they considered oval, 69% said that the Dermacol collar made their pouch feel more comfortable, with 92.3% (12) saying that the collar made them feel very/fairly secure. On the question of leakage onto the skin, 84.6% (11) said they had no leakage while wearing the collar. Over 60.2% (9) said that they achieved a longer wear time.