0 an operation in which the colon (= the lower and bigger part of the bowels) is cut and the cut end joined to a hole in the wall of the abdomen:
Ileostomies and colostomies will be treated as aggregate variables.
Some of the patients are likely to require an ileostomy or colostomy.
We found that former patients gave much lower utility valuations for colostomy than did current patients.
The admission for closure of the colostomy occurred within 3 months, on average (range: 2-5 months), with a mean total cost of $15,400.
He suffered from angina and had survived heart attacks and five operations which had left him with a colostomy and a fistula bag.
Once the perforated colon injury population was derived, cases were divided into two groups based on type of colon surgery (primary repair versus diverting colostomy).
The mean total cost (including outliers) of the initial stay for the primary repair group was $32,800 versus $46,100 for the diverting colostomy group.
Of those who survived to discharge, colostomy patients were referred to home health care services four times more frequently than those who had a primary repair.
