What is the most common reason a colostomy is performed?
a. ruptured diverticulum c. colorectal cancer
b. traumatic injury to colon d. ischemic bowel syn-drome
C
Colorectal cancer is the most common reason a colostomy is performed. Other conditions necessitating this type of procedure are ruptured diverticulum, ischemic bowel syndrome or traumatic injury to the colon. Other than traumatic injury that can occur at any age, these pathological entities usually develop in clients over the age of fifty.
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