How to avoid and treat skin-related complications
Tuesday, 1 December 2026, 5:10 pm
Jacqueline Metzger
When a stoma is needed, protecting the skin around a stoma starts before the operation. Jacqueline Metzger, a Swiss expert in stoma care, explains how important it is to position stomas carefully, choose the right equipment and teach patients how to take care of their stomas to prevent skin problems. When problems do occur, it’s important to look into them as soon as possible and to make sure that each patient gets their own stoma care. This can help us to find out what is causing the problem and make sure that the skin around the stoma heals properly. This is an important part of making sure that patients with colorectal problems have good long-term results.
About Jacqueline Metzger
Jacqueline Metzger is a Swiss specialist in stoma, wound and continence care, with extensive clinical experience supporting patients before and after colorectal surgery. Based at Luzerner Kantonsspital, she is involved in stoma counselling, including preoperative stoma-site assessment, patient education, appliance selection and management of peristomal skin complications. Her clinical and educational work focuses on practical strategies to prevent and treat stoma-related complications and optimize patients’ long-term outcomes.
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