title: Sitting a transverse colostomy.
abstract: Traditional teaching suggests that a transverse colostomy should be sited in the right upper quadrant. This study of 67 colostomies (26 right upper quadrant and 41 right iliac fossa) indicates that they should be placed in the optimum position for each patient, which is usually the right iliac fossa.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Majno
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Lees
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Everett
mesh_terms: D003125:Colostomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012189:Retrospective Studies