Outcome of colostomy closure with different skin closure techniques in a developing country
Author(s) -
Shukla Rm,
BB Tripathy,
B Mukhopadhyay,
Anjan Chattopadhyay,
Koushik Saha,
KSaha Basu
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.70415
Subject(s) - medicine , closure (psychology) , colostomy , outcome (game theory) , general surgery , surgery , law , mathematics , mathematical economics , political science
Colostomy site, which is a potentially contaminated wound, is traditionally closed with interrupted skin stitches and placement of intraperitoneal or parietal or both drains; often with poor cosmetic outcome in our country. This study aims at prospective evaluation of colostomy closure wounds by different techniques.
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