Colostomy and ileostomy are surgeries that reroute part of the digestive tract to the abdominal wall. They can be temporary or permanent and done for different reasons.

So I think the concept of colostomy is not as bad as it usually is. In some patients, where there is an emergency operation and then they put a colostomy right in the middle of the abdomen and ...

On longer trips, Omma Ahmed, a London-based blogger who's had her colostomy bag for 8 years, also likes to take extra-large bags that are drainable. That way she doesn't have to change it often or ...

Is 60 days likely to be long enough after a transverse double-barrel colostomy for colon perforation and takedown of a Goretex dual-mesh graft (24 x 30 cm) for reversal of colostomy in view of ...