 Cecostomy
"Cecostomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D002431
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.210.338.175 E04.579.338.175
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| Concept/Terms |
Tube Cecostomy- Tube Cecostomy
- Cecostomies, Tube
- Cecostomy, Tube
- Tube Cecostomies
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cecostomy" by people in Profiles.
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Myers JB, Hu EM, Elliott SP, Nguyen A, Hovert P, Brant WO, Hamilton BD, Wallis MC, Redshaw JD. Short-term outcomes of Chait Trapdoor for antegrade continence enema in adults. Urology. 2014 Jun; 83(6):1423-6.
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Eradi B, Hamrick M, Bischoff A, Frischer JS, Helmrath M, Hall J, Pe?a A, Levitt MA. The role of a colon resection in combination with a Malone appendicostomy as part of a bowel management program for the treatment of fecal incontinence. J Pediatr Surg. 2013 Nov; 48(11):2296-300.
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Wilcox DT, Kiely EM. The Malone (antegrade colonic enema) procedure: early experience. J Pediatr Surg. 1998 Feb; 33(2):204-6.
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