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You operate on a 23-year-old man who sustained multiple stab wounds to the abdomen. His injuries include a grade II splenic hematoma and a sigmoid colon laceration involving 40% of the colonic wall. The perisigmoid mesentery is intact. He has received 3 units of blood in the operating room. What is your recommendation for repair of his colonic injury?

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