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White, J. William+2 more
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We analyzed the records of 77 cases of loop colostomy closure in Vietnam War Casualties. All records were complete from the date of injury to discharge following colostomy closure. Simple of the loop colostomy was performed in 44 patients and resection of the stoma and reanastomosis of bowel segments was performed in 33 patients. Average operating time
Harvey B. Conklin, Phillip H. Beck
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Pseudomembranes on Colostomy [PDF]
An 85-year-old male nursing home resident presented with confusion and lethargy of 2 days' duration. His medical history was remarkable for chronic renal insufficiency; prostate cancer, for which irradiation had been given; rectosigmoid resection with Hartman pouch secondary to bowel obstruction; and multiple episodes of Clostridium difficile colitis ...
Frederick Conlin, Pankaj Jawa
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Abstract In this review of 179 patients in whom colostomy closure was performed the mortality from the operation was 2ยท2 per cent and the morbidity from faecal fistula was 23 per cent. This operation, there fore, should not be regarded as a minor procedure.
F. D. H. Birkett+2 more
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Instructions to the Colostomy Patient: Management of the Colostomy
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