Bowel scintigraphy identifies segmental dysmotility prior to stoma closure

• Main Authors: John Gerard Cassey (Author), Paul Heinrich Liebenberg (Author), Scott Nightingale (Author), Sandeep Kumar Gupta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Stoma closure surgery (SCS; restoring intestinal continuity) in children is associated with high post-surgical complication rates with no established preventive strategies. Although many of these complications can be directly or indirectly attributable to bowel obstruction, no anatomic...