Abstract
Sixty one patients were entered in a randomised trial to compare transverse loop colostomy with loop ileostomy after a colorectal anastomosis thought to be at risk of dehiscence. Radiologically proven breakdown of the colorectal anastomosis occurred in 13% of these selected patients and most frequently in the colostomy group. Ileostomies functioned earlier than colostomies (P less than 0.001) but there was no other significant difference in outcome between the groups. In 52 patients intestinal continuity was restored by excision of the stoma within a month of construction with no difference in morbidity between the two groups. A loop ileostomy, closed as soon as the colorectal anastomosis has healed, is recommended as an alternative to transverse colostomy.
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