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| Methods | Prospective, Randomized. | |
| Participants | 238 participants with penetrating injuries of the colon from South Africa. | |
| Interventions | Primary repair of the colon injury versus colostomy. | |
| Outcomes | Mortality, complications, septic, wound, anastomotic and time from injury to repair. | |
| Notes | Only non‐US RCT. 12 hour cut off from early to late repair. | |
