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CLOSURE OF DOUBLE‐BARREL COLOSTOMY WITH STAPLING INSTRUMENTS
Author(s) -
Francis D. M. A.,
Childs P. A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1984.tb05448.x
Subject(s) - medicine , barrel (horology) , colostomy , closure (psychology) , general surgery , surgery , archaeology , economics , market economy , history
A technique for closure of double‐barrel colostomies using the GIA and TA 90 stapling instruments is described. The method is straight forward and time saving, and represents a further application of automatic staplers to gastro‐intestinal surgery.