Abstract

Introduction: A colostomy is a surgical procedure made in the large bowel to divert feces and flatus to an exterior, where it can be collected in an external appliance. As a method of treating intestinal obstruction, colostomies date back to the latter part of the eighteenth century, and some of the first survivors of this procedure were children with imperforate anus. There are numerous and frequent common complications following construction of large bowel stomas, which may lead to significant morbidity and mortality.

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