title: Total fecal diversion by the temporary skin-level loop transverse colostomy.
abstract: The temporary skin-level loop transverse colostomy has been described. Proof of its ability to divert the fecal stream totally is illustrated by complete diversion in 25 patients ingesting a postcolostomy barium meal. There was no postoperative complication.
mesh_terms: D003125:Colostomy / Q000379:methods*; D003672:Defecation; D006801:Humans; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D013536:Suture Techniques