Trevor is a 9-month-old baby with Hirschsprung’s disease and a loop transverse colostomy. You explain to his parents that the stool will be expelled from the functioning limb which is also known as the:

Hirschsprung’s disease is definitively (gold standard) diagnosed by:

Which statement about Crohn’s disease is TRUE?

Six months postoperatively, you can expect the patient with which of the following urinary diversions to be using bedside drainage at night?

The patient who is NPO for several days is at risk for atrophy of which of the following structures in the mucosal surface of the small bowel?

When the necrotic stoma loosens and sloughs, the patient should be monitored for which of the following complications?

Mr. Andrews has bladder cancer and is scheduled for a cystectomy. In which of the following situations could an Indiana pouch be safely performed for this patient?

The patient with an ileostomy is at risk for peristomal skin breakdown because the:

Immediately after surgery, the patient with an orthotopic neobladder can expect to have:

The primary advantage of a sigmoid conduit versus an ileal conduit is: