title: Rapid totally diverting loop sigmoid colostomy with noncontaminating rectal irrigation.
abstract: Loop sigmoid colostomy employing a stapling device and catheter irrigation of the distal segment is less time-consuming and has lest potential for contamination than the standard double-barrel colostomy. Unlike the standard loop colostomy, it is totally diverting.
mesh_terms: D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000601:surgery*; D003125:Colostomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation