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A simple technique for performing a functional end sigmoid colostomy is reported. This procedure can help to prevent retraction of an end scoma in an ohese patient or any patient with a shortened mesentery.
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Pearl RK, Prasad ML, Orsay CP, et al. Early local complications from intestinal stomas. Arch. Surg. 1985;120:1145–7.
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Read in part at the annual meeting of the Vermont Chapter, American College of Surgeons, Woodstock, Vermont, May 22, 1987.
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Hebert, J.C. A simple method for preventing retraction of an end colostomy. Dis Colon Rectum 31, 328–329 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02554373
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02554373