Objectives: To find out our incidence of complications of colostomy and identify variables that predict outcome. Methods: All patients with colostomy in the hospitals Nhi Dong 1 from 30/10/2006 to 31/07/2008 and Nhi Dong 2 from 01/07/2006 to 31/07/2008.Results: 126 patients with 54 (42.86%) cases of excoriations, 23 (18.25%) of prolapses, 14 (11.11%) of stenosis, 43 (33.33%) of anomalies in contrast studies of distal colons: dilated and short distal colonic pouchs.