title: Letter to the Editor on the article "Extraperitoneal vs. intraperitoneal route for permanent colostomy: a meta-analysis of 1071 patients".
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Room Ee-173, PO Box 2040, 3000, CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. lkroese@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: L F
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4702-5227
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Kroese
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeekel
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Kleinrensink
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Room Ee-173, PO Box 2040, 3000, CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.|Department of Surgery, Havenziekenhuis Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lange
mesh_terms: D003125:Colostomy; D006801:Humans; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000601:surgery*