TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Transverse Colostomy
A1  - Ellison, E. Christopher
A1  - Zollinger, Jr., Robert M.
A1  - Pawlik, Timothy M.
A1  - Vaccaro, Patrick S.
A1  - Bitans, Marita
A1  - Baker, Anthony S.
PY  - 2022
T2  - Zollinger’s Atlas of Surgical Operations, 11e
AB  - The  right  transverse  colostomy  is  preferred  by  many  surgeons  for  decompression  of  an  obstructed  colon  due  to  a  left-sided  lesion.  This  procedure  completely  diverts  the  fecal  stream  and  permits  decompression  of  the  obstructed  colon  proximal  to  the  lesion.  It  can  also  be  left  in  place  as  the  diverting  stoma  if  a  low  anterior  resection  is  required  for  middle  to  lower  rectal  cancer.  When  simple  diversion  of  the  fecal  stream  is  needed  as  a  complementary  component  of  an  elective  colonic  operation,  the  surgeon  should  consider  placement  of  a  proximal  diverting  loop  ileostomy  (see  Chapter  55).  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1187821524
ER  -