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This presentation is based on a review of the records of 479 patients upon whom surgical procedures have been performed to establish abdominal stomas in the colon. Indications, surgical technic, and complications have been discussed.
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Read at the joint meeting of the American Proctologic Society and the Section of Proctology of the Royal Society of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 9 to 14, 1964.
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Aguirre, L., Jarpa, S. Colonic stomas. Dis Colon Rectum 10, 186–190 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02617177
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02617177