Procedimiento (primera parte)

Para realizar una colostomía es necesario hacer una incisión en el abdomen (estoma) para el drenaje de la materia fecal (heces) del intestino grueso (colon). Las colostomías se llevan a cabo frecuentemente después de la resección del colon enfermo.

Las colostomías pueden ser temporales o permanentes. Se hace una incisión en el abdomen y se extirpa el colon enfermo, mientras el paciente se encuentra profundamente dormido y sin sentir dolor (bajo anestesia general).

Fecha de revisión: 1/18/2007
Versión en inglés revisada por: Melvin Sidney Dassinger, III, MD, Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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