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Jesús Abrisqueta1, Israel Abellán, María Dolores Frutos
1Servicio de Cirugía General y Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, El Palmar, Murcia, España. j_abris@hotmail.com
Cirugia Espanola
|November 17, 2012
Abstract:
There is a 17% complications rate after ileostomy closure, with paralytic ileus being the most common. With the aim of reducing this complication, stimulation via the afferent loop was performed daily for the 2 weeks prior to the stoma.
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