PubMed · 1587183
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B Nathan. 1992. Method to avoid colostomy soiling.. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02050547
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Traditional teaching suggests that a transverse colostomy should be sited in the right upper quadrant. This study of 67 colostomies (26 right upper quadrant and 41 right iliac fossa) indicates that they should be placed in the optimum position for each patient, which is usually the right iliac fossa.
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The analysis of feelings and suggestions presented by a group of colostomy patients which use a specific method of colostomy self-irrigation showed that it's well accepted by these patients. After the positive results using this method, we obtained 88.14% of the positive feelings answers specially wellbeing, safety and normality and an average of 0.35 suggestions per client.