[Medical management of colostomies in children].

The author presents his experience in 17 colostomized patients, 15 from high anorectal malformation and 2 from Hirschsprung's disease. He mentions the methods followed to prevent incrustations of the skin, stenosis and prolapse of the colic mouths. the same as the perforation, eventration and evisceration in this type of operations; he stresses the psychological management of the parents and warns pediatricians and pediatric surgeons to keep in mind that the child is a socio-psycho-biological unit. Finally, he reports with this type of management.