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ArticleIndian journal of surgical oncology2023

Laparoscopic Versus Open Pre-Treatment Loop Colostomy for Fecal Diversion in Rectal Cancer Patients: Is Laparoscopic Colostomy Better?

Gigi Varghese, Bharat Shankar, Royson Dsouza, Mark Ranjan Jesudason

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Article in Indian journal of surgical oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Surgical Outcomes in Laparoscopic vs Open Diverting Colostomy for Radiation-Related Rectovaginal Fistula.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gigi VargheseDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu India.ORCID 0000-0001-6733-9189
Bharat ShankarDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu India.
Royson DsouzaDepartment of General Surgery, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu India.
Mark Ranjan JesudasonDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu India.
Christian Medical College, Vellore · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diversion colostomy plays a crucial role in the management of carcinoma rectum in low- and middle-income countries as significant number of patients present with partial intestinal obstruction. The aim of this study was to compare laparoscopic and open approaches for fecal diversion done in patients with adenocarcinoma of the rectum as a pretreatment procedure. The primary end point of our study was time to initiation of neoadjuvant chemo radiation. It was a retrospective study that included all patients diagnosed to have carcinoma rectum and underwent a pretreatment fecal diversion between 2012 and 2014. A total of 55 patients underwent pretreatment diversion colostomy of which 33 were performed via the laparoscopic approach while 22 had open diversion. The time for initiation of neoadjuvant therapy was shorter in the laparoscopic group compared to the open approach (16 days vs. 20.5 days,

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Carcinoma rectumDiversion colostomyLaparoscopy versus open stoma creation

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PMID37324316
PMCPMC10267036
OpenAlexW3048736261

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