TREPHINE COLOSTOMY - A WARNING

Authors
LODER PB THOMSON JPS
Citation
Pb. Loder et Jps. Thomson, TREPHINE COLOSTOMY - A WARNING, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 77(6), 1995, pp. 462-462
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358843
Volume
77
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
462 - 462
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8843(1995)77:6<462:TC-AW>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A case of trephine colostomy is presented in which air insufflation in correctly identified the distal limb. Disaster was averted by correct identification at laparotomy. The probable cause of the error and meth ods of avoidance are discussed.