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Total fecal diversion by the temporary skin-level loop transverse colostomy

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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The temporary skin-level loop transverse colostomy has been described. Proof of its ability to divert the fecal stream totally is illustrated by complete diversion in 25 patients ingesting a postcolostomy barium meal. There was no postoperative complication.

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  1. John L. Rombeau M.D. (Assistant Professor of Surgery)

    Present address: University of California, Davis

  2. Peter J. Wilk M.D. (Associate Professor of Surgery)

    Present address: Downstate University, New York

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  1. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

    John L. Rombeau M.D. (Assistant Professor of Surgery), Peter J. Wilk M.D. (Associate Professor of Surgery), Rupert B. Turnbull Jr. M.D. (Senior Surgeon) & Victor W. Fazio M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.S.

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Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery.

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Rombeau, J.L., Wilk, P.J., Turnbull, R.B. et al. Total fecal diversion by the temporary skin-level loop transverse colostomy. Dis Colon Rectum 21, 223–226 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02586696

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