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  • Title: Penetrating right colon trauma. The ever diminishing role for colostomy.
    Author: Nallathambi MN, Ivatury RR, Shah PM, Rao PM, Rohman M, Stahl WM.
    Journal: Am Surg; 1987 Apr; 53(4):209-14. PubMed ID: 3579026.
    Abstract:
    Ninety consecutive patients with penetrating trauma to the right colon were analyzed. The severity of injury to the colon and other abdominal organs was quantified in each patient by the Colon Injury Score (CIS) and the Penetrating Abdominal Trauma Index (PATI). Sixty-five patients (72%) were managed definitively, i.e., by primary repair (46 patients) and by resection-ileocolic anastomosis (19 patients). There was no morbidity related to the colonic repair in these patients. Exteriorized repair was used selectively in eight patients and was successful in six (75%). Thirteen patients underwent loop colostomy and the mean CIS and PATI in this group were comparable to those in primary repair and exteriorized repair groups. Resection colostomy was performed in four patients with extensive colon and associated organ trauma (high CIS, PATI). The overall incidence of intra-abdominal abscess was 2.2 per cent (2 of 90 patients). The mortality was 4.4 per cent (4 of 90 patients) and none of the deaths was related to the management of the colon trauma. It is concluded that the majority of patients with penetrating right colon trauma can be treated effectively by primary repair or resection anastomosis. Exteriorized repair should be the preferred method whenever loop colostomy is considered. Colostomy should be used selectively in unstable patients who require colon resection.
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