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Temporary ileostomy is used on rare occasions as the first stage of a subtotal colectomy for inflammatory bowel disease.

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  • Turnbull R, Weakley FL. Surgical treatment of toxic megacolon: ileostomy and colostomy to prepare patients for colectomy. Am J Surg 1971;122:325.

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Chassin, J.L. (1994). Ileostomy, Loop. In: Operative Strategy in General Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4169-8_45

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