COMPARATIVE STUDY ON OUTCOMES FOLLOWING ILEOSTOMY VERSUS COLOSTOMY FOR DEFUNCTIONING COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS.
Dr. Saravanakumar, Dr. S. Velavan and *Dr. P. Isakkirajan
ABSTRACT
Colonic intestinal obstruction can be mechanical or non mechanical. ? Operative interventions are done for mechanical causes of obstruction such as 1) volvulus, 2) intussusceptions, 3) malignancy, 4) diverticulitis, 5) stricture. ? Loop stomas are commonly used to temporarily defunction distal colorectal anastomosis, but there are complications associated with the stoma. ? Either a loop ileostomy or a loop transverse colostomy can be used to defunction a low colorectal anastomosis. ? Controversy still exists in choosing between loop ileostomy and loop transverse colostomy for defunctioning colorectal anastomosis. ? This study is a prospective comparision of loop transverse colostomy and loop ileostomy.
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