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Complications of colostomy

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

An Erratum to this article was published on 01 March 1969

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In a series of 307 colostomies established in 296 patients, there were complications in 53 patients (16 per cent), of whom 41 had reoperations to correct the complications. One patient died of sepsis following operation for a perforation caused by an irrigating catheter.

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  1. Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri

    Francis J. Burns M.D.

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An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02629004.

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Burns, F.J. Complications of colostomy. Dis Colon Rectum 13, 448–450 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02616791

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