[In favor of rehabilitation of the cecostomy over a drain as initial treatment of colonic occlusions caused by tumors]

B Lethai; J Gugenheim; H Bismuth

[In favor of rehabilitation of the cecostomy over a drain as initial treatment of colonic occlusions caused by tumors]

J Chir (Paris). 1987 May;124(5):346-8.

[Article in French]

Authors

B Lethai, J Gugenheim, H Bismuth

PMID: 3611236

Abstract

Results are reported of 11 cases of colon occlusion due to tumor treated initially by cecostomy over drain. The procedure is technically simple, easily tolerated by patients with altered general condition, reliable and effective, allowing a marked reduction in total hospital stay.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Aged
Cecal Diseases / surgery*
Colonic Diseases / etiology
Colonic Diseases / surgery*
Colonic Neoplasms / complications
Drainage*
Humans
Intestinal Obstruction / etiology
Intestinal Obstruction / surgery*
Methods