Cecostomy
Synonyms
Cecostomies
Cecostomies, Tube
Cecostomy, Tube
Tube Cecostomies
Tube Cecostomy
Surgical construction of an opening into the CECUM with a tube through the ABDOMINAL WALL (tube cecostomy) or by skin level approach, in which the cecum is sewn to the surrounding PERITONEUM. Its primary purpose is decompression of colonic obstruction.
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