title: Colostomy tube: new device for a continent colostomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study describes a new device (the colostomy tubus) for potentially establishing continence in patients with a diverted bowel.
  
  
  METHODS
  The device was used in an animal experiment on dogs. The period of wearing the device was from one day to an uninterrupted insertion period of eight months. The device was used on an end sigmoid colostomy (4 dogs) and on a specifically shaped pouch stoma (2 dogs), in which the results proved most favorable.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no complications caused by the device itself. The colostomy tubus seems to be a safe method of creating a continent colostomy and causes no tissue lesions. It proved reliable to wear.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The device seems reasonable for human use, and a trial is currently under way.
authors.affiliation: University Clinical Center, Ljubljana Gastroenterologic Surgery Clinic, Slovenia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kosorok
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000601:surgery; D003125:Colostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004285:Dogs; D016737:Proctocolectomy, Restorative / Q000295:instrumentation; D013997:Time Factors