29
Participants
Start Date
February 28, 2013
Primary Completion Date
April 30, 2014
Study Completion Date
April 30, 2014
Resection and anastomosis
Resection of sigmoid colon with primary anastomosis
Resection and colostomy
Resection of sigmoid colon with end colostomy and Hartmann's pouch, followed at a later date by Hartmann's reversal as a second surgical procedure
Mesosigmoidopexy
Mesosigmoidopexy--the fixation of the sigmoid colon to lateral abdominal wall with concomitant shortening of the mesosigmoid length.
Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
OTHER