Prolapsed stoma is when a piece of your intestine pushes out through the stoma, or opening, in your belly. It’s a possible complication of colostomy or ileostomy surgery. A prolapsed stoma may look ...

Not everyone with colorectal cancers and bowel diseases needs a colostomy. You may be able to avoid ostomy surgery, depending on the reason for it. A colostomy is a surgical procedure that creates an ...

Skin irritations, stoma retractions, prolapse, or blockage are some of the more common complications of a colostomy. About 150,000 new colostomies or ileostomies are performed each year in the United ...

Ileostomy and colostomy are both surgical procedures to create an opening in the abdomen to reroute the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Diversion colitis (DC) is a condition that causes a part of the ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Stoma or Ostomy Care Market Analysis by Surgery type, by Product, by End Users and by Region - Global Forecast to 2029" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's ...

As a patient who grappled with an ostomy, I grieved the suicide of a 10-year-old whose family said he was bullied for having one. By Susan Gubar We don’t always know the people we mourn. This winter, ...