Is colostomy closure a hazardous procedure? A comparison of elemental diet and routine bowel preparation.
Morbidity after closure of a colostomy is low if a simple antiseptic technique of intraperitoneal closure is used. In 26 patients there was no example of major wound sepsis and only 2 faecal fistulas both of which rapidly closed spontaneously. A randomized study of preoperative bowel preparation incorporating an elemental diet showed no apparent advantage for this method using our criteria for assessment.
D003125:Colostomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D004032:Diet; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology