Colostomy in neonates under local anaesthesia: Indications, technique and outcome

• Egile Nagusiak: Christopher Suiye Lukong (Egilea), Basheer Abdullahi Jabo (Egilea), Anita Yafeh Mfuh (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
• Sarrera elektronikoa: Connect to this object online.

Background: Colostomy is a resuscitative procedure in paediatric surgical practice. In critical patients, mortality may be high, if general anaesthesia is used. Local anaesthesia may be an alternative in this group of neonates. The aim of this article was to evaluate the indications, the technique a...