[Loop colostomy in patients with cancer of the colon and rectum].

At the clinic of Scientific Research Institute of Proctology, Ministry of Public Health of Armenia, in 97 patients with complicated cancer of the colon and rectum, a two-barrel loop colostomy was created for the recent 10 years. Use of intraperitoneal method contributed to 3-fold decrease in incidence of postoperative purulent complications. Irrigation of a tumour site with antibacterial preparations in perifocal inflammation of colonic cancer together with carrying out the complex antibacterial therapy permits to perform the radical operations.