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Hollow viscus injuries represent a significant portion of overall lesions sustained during penetrating trauma. Currently, isolated small or large bowel injuries are commonly managed via primary repair or primary anastomosis in patients undergoing initial definitive management or deferred anastomosis in patients requiring Damage Control Surgery. The traditional surgical dogma of ostomy has proven to be unnecessary and, in many instances, increases morbidity. By applying this strategy, the overall need for an ostomy (primary or deferred) can be reduced to less than 10%.

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  1. Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia

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Ordoñez, C.A., Parra, M.W., Caicedo, Y. (2023). Bowel Trauma. In: Coccolini, F., Catena, F. (eds) Textbook of Emergency General Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22599-4_97

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