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Descriptor English: Colostomy
Descriptor Spanish: Colostomía
Descriptor colostomía
Scope note: Construcción quirúrgica de un orificio entre el colon y la superficie del cuerpo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Colostomia
Descriptor French: Colostomie
Entry term(s): Colostomies
Tree number(s): E04.210.338.225
E04.579.338.225
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003125
Scope note: The surgical construction of an opening between the colon and the surface of the body.
Annotation: artificial anus goes here; pathological artificial anus in historical literature is indexed under INTESTINAL FISTULA or its specifics
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Public MeSH Note: ANUS, ARTIFICIAL was see COLOSTOMY 1975-97
History Note: ANUS, ARTIFICIAL was see COLOSTOMY 1975-97
Related: Surgical Stomas MeSH
DeCS ID: 23206
Unique ID: D003125
NLM Classification: WI 520
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Colostomy - Preferred
Concept UI M0004838
Scope note The surgical construction of an opening between the colon and the surface of the body.
Preferred term Colostomy
Entry term(s) Colostomies



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