Can we avoid rectus abdominis muscle atrophy and midline shift after colostomy creation?

Surgery. 2015 Jan;157(1):178-9. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.08.088.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Muscles / physiopathology*
  • Colostomy / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy / adverse effects*
  • Male
  • Muscular Atrophy / etiology*
  • Rectum / surgery*