# Colon

Colon

Blunt injuries to the colon are relatively infrequent; penetrating injuries occur more often. If  relatively little contamination is present and the viability is satisfactory , such wounds can be repaired primarily . If, however, there is extensive contamina tion, the patient is physiologically compromised or the bowel is of  doubtful viability , then the bowel can be closed o ff (‘clip and drop’). A defunctioning colostomy can be formed later or the bowel reanastomosed once the patient is stable. Colon

Blunt injuries to the colon are relatively infrequent; penetrating injuries occur more often. If  relatively little contamination is present and the viability is satisfactory , such wounds can be repaired primarily . If, however, there is extensive contamina tion, the patient is physiologically compromised or the bowel is of  doubtful viability , then the bowel can be closed o ff (‘clip and drop’). A defunctioning colostomy can be formed later or the bowel reanastomosed once the patient is stable. Colon

Blunt injuries to the colon are relatively infrequent; penetrating injuries occur more often. If  relatively little contamination is present and the viability is satisfactory , such wounds can be repaired primarily . If, however, there is extensive contamina tion, the patient is physiologically compromised or the bowel is of  doubtful viability , then the bowel can be closed o ff (‘clip and drop’). A defunctioning colostomy can be formed later or the bowel reanastomosed once the patient is stable.