Explore: Ostomy

it is not unusual for a stoma to be called an ostomy (plural ostomies), as is the norm in wound, ostomy, and continence nursing. Stomata are created in

An ostomy pouching system is a prosthetic medical device that provides a means for the collection of waste from a surgically diverted biological system

suturing it into place. This opening, often in conjunction with an attached ostomy system, provides an alternative channel for feces to leave the body. Thus

Intestinal waste passes out of the ileostomy and is collected in an external ostomy system which is placed next to the opening. Ileostomies are usually sited

Common complications of an ostomy (a common surgery in Crohn's disease) are: mucosal edema, peristomal dermatitis, retraction, ostomy prolapse, mucosal/skin

ostomy, and continence nursing is a nursing specialty involved with the treatment of patients with acute and chronic wounds, patients with an ostomy (those

This is a list of surgeries and surgical procedures that are -ostomy or -stomy : surgically creating a hole (a new "mouth" or "stoma") Gastrostomy Percutaneous

scope -ostomy or -stomy : surgically creating a hole (a new "mouth" or "stoma", from the Greek στόμα (stóma), meaning "body", see List of -ostomies) -otomy

S2CID 19613386. Turnbull G (2005). "The Ostomy Files:The Issue of Oral Medications and a Fecal Ostomy". Ostomy Wound Management. 51: 14–16. Archived from

develops, manufactures and markets medical devices and services related to ostomy, urology, continence, and wound care. Coloplast was founded in 1957 by Aage