Abstract
Background/Aim: The purpose of this article was to report an adapted colostomy procedure that can be used on patients with multiple morbidities requiring fecal diversion. Methods: An adapted colostomy was performed on a patient needing fecal diversion who had multiple surgical and medical complications. Results: Thirteen weeks after colostomy placement, the patient's colostomy functioned well and was viable throughout his course without related complications. Conclusion: The method of sigmoidoscopy-assisted colostomy described here can be beneficial to the complicated patient needing fecal diversion but unable to tolerate a laparotomy or laparoscopy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 327-330 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Digestive Surgery |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 23 2002 |
Keywords
- Colostomy
- Fecal diversion
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Stoma
- Transillumination
- Trephine