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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Cecostomy
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Descriptor Spanish:
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cecostomía
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Cecostomia
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Synonyms English:
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Cecostomies
Cecostomies, Tube
Cecostomy, Tube
Tube Cecostomies
Tube Cecostomy
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Tree Number:
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E04.210.338.175
E04.579.338.175
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Definition English:
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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. |
See Related English:
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Surgical Stomas
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History Note English:
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91(88); was see under ENTEROSTOMY 1988-90
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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22863
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Unique Identifier:
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D002431
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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