Cecostomy |
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| Cecostomies; Cecostomies, Tube; Cecostomy, Tube; Tube Cecostomies | |
| Surgical construction of an opening into the cecum with a tube through the abdominal wall (tube cecostomy) or by skin level approach, in which the cecum is sewn to the surrounding peritoneum. Its primary purpose is decompression of colonic obstruction. | |