Colosotomy closure

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out in Surgical Unit II of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi from August 1992 to Feb. 1997. It describes the results of colostomy in 48 patients who had colostomy for gunshot injuries of the abdomen. All patients were males most of them [43] were below 40 years of age. All colostomies were closed 3 months after they were made by consultants. Special attention was given to meticulous bowel preparation prior to closure which was made intraperitoneally in two layers. Average hospital stay of the patients was 10 days with a morbidity of 8.33% and no mortality