A patient had a ruptured diverticulum in his descending colon. He has undergone a transverse loop colostomy. He asks the nurse the purpose of this procedure, and the nurse tells him that it is
a. a temporary colostomy to allow healing of the bowel by diverting feces.
b. to allow for more thorough irrigations.
c. to provide two stomas for fecal elimination.
d. to prevent chronic constipation.
A
The second procedure is the double-barrel colostomy, where the bowel is brought up through the abdominal surface, or loop colostomy.
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