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Colostomy Procedure

Known as: Colostomies, colostomy operation, Colostomy 
An opening into the colon from the outside of the body. A colostomy provides a new path for waste material to leave the body after part of the colon… 
National Institutes of Health

Related topics

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24 relations
Abdominal CavityCRUSHER, SPUR, COLOSTOMYColostomy siteColostomy stoma

Broader (3)

Colon structure (body structure)Ostomycolon surgery

Narrower (5)

Perineal ColostomyPermanent colostomyloop colostomytemporary colostomy

Papers overview

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2007
2007
Conventional Warfare: Ballistic, Blast, and Burn Injuries
  • 2007
  • Corpus ID: 13055929
Fig. The FAE container is dropped over the target. A parachute slows the bomb's descent and carries the charge for the second… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Colostomy complications in infants and children.
This study analyses the morbidity and mortality of colostomy formation and closure over a 17-year period during which 138… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Rates of morbidity and mortality after closure of loop and end colostomy.
The purported ease and safety of closure of loop colostomy are cited as reasons for avoiding end colostomy, with or without… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
The morbidity and financial impact of colostomy closure in trauma patients.
During a 10-year period, 87 patients who had undergone elective colostomy closure at Bellevue Hospital were retrospectively… 
Review
1986
Review
1986
Colostomy closure after colon injury: a low-morbidity procedure.
One justification for expanding the indications for primary repair of colonic injuries is the high morbidity classically… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Mucin secretion and morphological changes of the mucosa in non‐neoplastic diseases of the colon
Changes in mucin secretion and increase in height of the colonic mucosa adjacent to colorectal carcinoma (transitional mucosa… 
Review
1981
Review
1981
Surgical management of perforated diverticulitis.
Review
1980
Review
1980
Morbidity of colostomy closure following colon trauma.
Recent reports have suggested alternative procedures to temporary colostomy because of the high morbidity associated with its… 
1980
1980
Enterostomal varices secondary to portal hypertension: progression of disease in conservatively managed cases.
A follow-up of patients with portal hypertension who were bleeding from enterostomal varices in ileostomies or colostomies… 
1971
1971
Mass movements and intracolonic pressures
According to previous radiologic observations (1), t ranspor t of semisolid conten ts in the h u m a n colon could be re la ted… 
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