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    5. I want to know who first did the operation COLOSTOMY?
    I want to know who first did the operation COLOSTOMY?

    Colostomy is an operation to diverts your poo into a bag instead of through you back passage.

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    +1  Views: 521 Answers: 3 Posted: 11 years ago
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      See here >>>http://stomaatje.com/history.html

      11 years ago. Rating: 2
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        I wonder what animal was the model for his first appliance for this surgery?  Probably a dog.  Anyway, it is a remarkable invention, as it saves lives and allows people to resume life, with a functional quality. 

        11 years ago. Rating: 1
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          Probably Sir William Arbuthnot-Lane. He also did operations to correct cleft-palate. I once treated a lady who had this operation by him so that shows my age !


          It is said the only reason he never had a colostomy himself was because he was the only surgeon capable of doing it.

          11 years ago. Rating: 1
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            pythonlover

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            Were you a Doctor ?
            commented 11 years ago
            nomdeplume

            No, I was a dentist, I made the lady an obturator to fill the cleft palate, so Lane's op was not a success.
            commented 11 years ago


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