TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Colostomy Takedown A1 - Hunter, John G. A1 - Spight, Donn H. A1 - Sandone, Corinne A1 - Fairman, Jennifer E. Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgical Operations AB - Before colostomy takedown, the patient should have a colonoscopy or contrast enema to ensure the absence of pathology in the proximal colon. If pathology were found, that could be treated at the same time as the colostomy takedown. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1162531914 ER -