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  2. Colostomy - Wikipedia

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    Only the proximal stoma is functioning. Most often, double-barrel colostomy is a temporary colostomy with two openings into the colon (distal and proximal). The elimination occurs through the proximal stoma. Colostomy surgery that is planned usually has a higher rate of long-term success than surgery performed in an emergency situation.

  3. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    colostomy: sub-beneath, under Latin sub: subcutaneous tissue: super-in excess, above, superior Latin super: superior vena cava: supra-above, excessive Latin supra: supraorbital vein: sy, syl-, sym-, syn-, sys-indicates similarity, likeness, or being together; assimilates before some consonants: before l to syl-, s to sys-, before a labial ...

  4. Stoma (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Colostomy Patient with a colostomy complicated by a large parastomal hernia, which is when tissue protrudes adjacent to the stoma tract. CT scan of same patient, showing intestines within the hernia. Parastomal hernia is the most common late complication of stomata through the abdominal wall, occurring in 10 to 25% of the patients. [1]

  5. Hartmann's operation - Wikipedia

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    The Hartmann's procedure with a proximal end colostomy or ileostomy is the most common operation carried out by general surgeons for management of malignant obstruction of the distal colon. During this procedure, the lesion is removed, the distal bowel closed intraperitoneally, and the proximal bowel diverted with a stoma.

  6. Roux-en-Y anastomosis - Wikipedia

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    Typically, the two upper limbs of the Y represent (1) the proximal segment of stomach and the distal small bowel it joins with and (2) the blind end that is surgically divided off, and the lower part of the Y is formed by the distal small bowel beyond the anastomosis. [citation needed]

  7. Colectomy - Wikipedia

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    When a sigmoidectomy is followed by terminal colostomy and closure of the rectal stump; it is called a Hartmann operation. This is usually done out of the impossibility of performing a "double-barrel" or Mikulicz colostomy, which is preferred because it makes "takedown" (reoperation to restore intestinal continuity using an anastomosis ...

  8. Ostomy system - Wikipedia

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    An ostomy pouching system [1] is a prosthetic medical device that provides a means for the collection of waste from a surgically diverted biological system (colon, ileum, bladder) and the creation of a stoma. Pouching systems are most commonly associated with colostomies, ileostomies, and urostomies. [2]

  9. Stimulus (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    In this context, a distinction is made between the distal stimulus (the external, perceived object) and the proximal stimulus (the stimulation of sensory organs). [ 1 ] In perceptual psychology , a stimulus is an energy change (e.g., light or sound) which is registered by the senses (e.g., vision, hearing, taste, etc.) and constitutes the basis ...