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Identifying the alterations occurred in bacteriology of dermic layer abdominal wall patients who underwent a colostomy, through qualitative and quantitative determination pericolostomic colonization.

sarily be applicable to patients seen at a district general hospital. Our findings suggest, however, that successful colostomy closure is not dependent on the age of the patient or the disease for which the distal resection is performed. While breakdown is thought to be due primarily to a failure of technique, closure of a colostomy within one month of its construction should be undertaken with...