Closure of colostomy—A safe procedure?
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Vol. 20 (1) , 29-32
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02587448
Abstract
A retrospective survey of a series of 73 patients undergoing closure of colostomy was carried out. Closure was complicated in 37.8% of cases, and fecal fistulas occurred in 17.6%. The overall mortality rate of the procedure was 2.7%. The underlying disease (carcinoma or diverticulitis) did not influence the complication rate. Intraperitoneal and extraperitoneal methods of closure appeared equally satisfactory. Closure of colostomy within 1 mo. of construction was associated with an unacceptably high incidence of fecal fistula of 33%.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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