TY  - JOUR
T1  - CEcostomy—the operation of choice for temporary drainage of the colon
AU  - ALLISON CC
Y1  - 1909/11/06
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1909.92550190035002h
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1562
EP  - 1562
VL  - LIII
IS  - 19
N2  - For that class of cases, in which colostomy is indicated, for physiologic rest of the colon, the problem of efficient drainage is paramount, but the subsequent closure of the opening in the bowel is a surgical problem hardly secondary in importance to successful drainage.Appendicostomy can not be accorded more than a limited field of usefulness, because in a great majority of cases it is diversion of the fecal current, rather than irrigation, that is the essential therapeutic aid; nor will the mere opening of the ascending colon afford sufficient drainage in the more severe types of colitis.It is my experience that cecostomy can be so accomplished by rotating the cecum upward and outward and making the opening opposite the ileocecal aperture, then not only efficient drainage is accomplished, but, what becomes most practical in the subsequent management, the closure of the opening in
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1909.92550190035002h
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.92550190035002h
ER  -