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PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of performing fecal diversion with the help of a colonoscope without a concomitant laparotomy. METHODS: Colostomies were performed on two patients who needed fecal diversion and who would benefit from avoiding the morbidity of laparotomy. A colonoscope was used in each case to guide the surgeon in selecting the appropriate bowel segment. RESULTS: No complications related to the colostomy were noted in either patient. CONCLUSIONS: The technique of colonoscopy-assisted colostomy that we have described offers an acceptable method of creating a stoma without the need for laparotomy.
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Mukherjee, A., Parikh, V.A. & Aguilar, P.S. Colonoscopy-assisted colostomy—an alternative to laparotomy. Dis Colon Rectum 41, 1458–1460 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02237067
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02237067