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. 1994 Jan;3(1):6, 8-11.
doi: 10.12968/bjon.1994.3.1.6.

History and evolution of stomas

P K Black

History and evolution of stomas

P K Black. Br J Nurs. 1994 Jan.

Abstract

This article, describes the evolution of stoma formation from earliest times to current innovative procedures. Surgeons are continually trying to develop new procedures so that they can offer less socially incapacitating alternatives to the abdominal stoma.

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