Indications for and outcome of primary repair compared with faecal diversion in the management of traumatic colon injury.
E FoudaS EmileHossam ElfekiM YoussefA GhanemA A FikryA ElshobakyW OmarW KhafagyM MorshedPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2017)
Primary repair, when employed properly, resulted in a significantly lower complication rate than faecal diversion. Significant predictive factors associated with a higher complication rate were faecal diversion, severe faecal contamination, multiple colon injuries, an interval of more than 12 h after colon injury and shock.