Short Case Study Questions

question 49

Multiple Choice

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?

• A) diverticulosis
• B) colostomy
• C) ileostomy
• D) gastric bypass

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