- defunctioning stoma
- loop stoma the stoma of a defunctioning or loop ileostomy.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
defunctioning stoma
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defunctioning ileostomy — diverting ileostomy, diverting loop ileostomy an initial stage in colectomies or pouch creation in which the future anastomosis is not yet created and a loop of ileum is attached to a stoma; this allows healing of the distal structure that has… … Medical dictionary
