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Ileostomy

"Ileostomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Surgical creation of an external opening into the ILEUM for fecal diversion or drainage. This replacement for the RECTUM is usually created in patients with severe INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES. Loop (continent) or tube (incontinent) procedures are most often employed.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Ileostomy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Ileostomy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 20 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 1995 and 2000 and 2010 and 2011 and 2016 and 2017
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