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.
Authors
Anna Powell-Chandler
1
,
Christopher Rhys Williams
1
,
Brian M Stephenson
2
Affiliations
1
Department of Surgery, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, South Wales, UK.
2
Department of Surgery, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, South Wales, UK. Electronic address: Brian.Stephenson@wales.nhs.uk.
PMID:
25482471
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*