Using an indwelled test tube as a good "navigator" during enterostomy closure.
Surgeons often have difficulty in identifying a suitable incision line to enter the peritoneal cavity for stoma mobilization during enterostomy closure. A mini-size test tube that is preoperatively placed into the stoma can act as an efficient guide in finding a free area to enter the peritoneal cavity, by supplying efficient counter traction and a palpable marker of the intestinal wall.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center, 2-1-1 Bashaku, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, 802-0077, Japan. rhirose@fukuoka-u.ac.jp
Ryuichiro
R
Hirose
Manabu
M
Tojigamori
Satoshi
S
Obata
Kyosuke
K
Tatsuta
Naonori
N
Kawakubo
Toru
T
Arima
D003125:Colostomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004065:Digestive System Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D004766:Enterostomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D054047:Surgical Stomas