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MeSH Heading: Surgical Stomas
Tree Number(s): A10.850.720
Unique ID: D054047
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054047
Annotation: do not confuse with PERITONEAL STOMATA
Scope Note: Artificial openings created by a surgeon for therapeutic reasons. Most often this refers to openings from the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT through the ABDOMINAL WALL to the outside of the body. It can also refer to the two ends of a surgical anastomosis.
Entry Term(s): Stomas, Surgical; Stomata, Surgical; Surgical Stomata
See Also: Cecostomy; Colostomy; Duodenostomy; Ileostomy; Jejunostomy; Peritoneal Stomata
Public MeSH Note: 2008
History Note: 2008
Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Revision Date: 1955/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

blood supply (BS)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

innervation (IR)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

supply & distribution (SD)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0500452
Scope Note: Artificial openings created by a surgeon for therapeutic reasons. Most often this refers to openings from the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT through the ABDOMINAL WALL to the outside of the body. It can also refer to the two ends of a surgical anastomosis.
Terms: Surgical Stomas Preferred Term
Term UI T679057
Date08/02/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008); Stomas, Surgical
Term UI T679058
Date08/02/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008); Stomata, Surgical
Term UI T679060
Date08/02/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008); Surgical Stomata
Term UI T679059
Date08/02/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008)

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