Short Case Study Questions
Mr. Rogelio Martinez is a healthy 79-year-old, retired factory worker. His medical history includes diverticular disease, arthritis, and irregular bowel movements. His wife urges him to go to the emergency department of the local hospital after three episodes of blood in his stool.
-Four weeks later, Mr. Martinez returns to the hospital for treatment of complications associated with diverticulitis and undergoes surgery to remove an extensive portion of his colon. The surgeon creates a passage through the abdominal wall into the colon through which dietary wastes can be eliminated. What is this procedure called?

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Short Case Study Questions  
Mr. Rogelio Martinez is a healthy 79-year-old, retired factory worker. His medical history includes diverticular disease, arthritis, and irregular bowel movements. His wife urges him to go to the emergency department of the local hospital after three episodes of blood in his stool.
-Four weeks later, Mr. Martinez returns to the hospital for treatment of complications associated with diverticulitis and undergoes surgery to remove an extensive portion of his colon. The surgeon creates a passage through the abdominal wall into the colon through which dietary wastes can be eliminated. What is this procedure called?

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The procedure described is a colostomy, in which a portion of the colon is diverted through the abdominal wall to create an opening called a stoma for elimination of waste. Diverticulosis is a condition of having small pouches (diverticula) in the wall of the colon. Ileostomy is a similar procedure but involves the small intestine instead of the colon. Gastric bypass is a surgery to help with weight loss by reducing the size of the stomach and rerouting the small intestine.