“…There are instances reported in which these deficits could not be adjusted in spite of energetic management, and the patient died before a surgical procedure could be performed.-' 9, 18 Under such circumstances, some palliative procedure should be done before the major operation is carried out. Temporary proximal diverting colostomy under local anesthesia has been found use-ful by Starr et al,19 while Gutierrez Blanco 9 foitmld it ineffective. Rudman "' reported one suich patient in whom a dlouble-barreled colostomy was performed follo)1ing whiclh the BUN and CO, retturnied to relatively normal, while the sodium and clhloride improved only slightly.…”