title: Colostomy: past and present.
authors.affiliation: North Tees General Hospital, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Devlin
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003125:Colostomy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors