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Cecostomy

Medical Definition:	Surgical construction of an opening into the cecum with a tube through the abdominal wall (tube cecostomy) or by skin level approach, in which the cecum is sewn to the surrounding peritoneum. Its primary purpose is decompression of colonic obstruction.
Guide Notes:	do not use /util except by MeSH definition
Also Called:	Tube Cecostomy
Previously Indexed:	Cecal Diseases/surgery (1966-1987),Cecum/surgery (1966-1987)

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