Modified Pseudocontinent Perineal Colostomy: A Special Technique
- Citation:
- Nassar, O. A. H., "Modified Pseudocontinent Perineal Colostomy: A Special Technique", Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 2011.
Abstract:
Background: Innovative techniques created to restore gastrointestinal perineal continuity after abdominoperineal resection in patients with anorectal cancer include pseudocontinent perineal colostomy, in which the colon is pulled to the perineum and wrapped with a sleeve of stretched colon segment to act as a new sphincter.
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