Stoma care, diet changes, and potential complications are just some of the things to expect after colostomy surgery. You’ll learn how to manage these aspects of recovery before you leave the hospital.

“We can’t keep taking sections out of your gut and suturing you back together. It’s time to discuss ostomy surgery,” my doctor said. I was 34. My reaction was ...

Colostomy surgery creates an opening in your abdomen to pass waste, which collects in a bag. Some colostomies are temporary and can be reversed after healing, while others are permanent. Colostomy ...

An ostomy pouch is a collection system you wear on your body following a lifesaving ostomy surgery, which reroutes how your body expels waste. An ostomy pouch collects urine or feces from a stoma, an ...

An ostomy is a surgical procedure creating an opening, or "stoma," on the abdomen to allow waste to exit the body. This may be essential due to conditions like Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or ...

Patients can be reassured that delays in stoma reversal surgery do not affect long-term outcomes according to research funded by Bowel Cancer UK and North West Cancer Research. The Lancaster ...

Whenever possible, stoma site marking is viewed as "best practice" for patients facing the possibility of stoma surgery. "Multiple studies indicate that preoperative stoma site marking by an educated ...

After undergoing a colorectal cancer surgery and getting an ostomy, patients may experience a prolapse, but it is not cause to panic, an expert says. Stoma prolapses are usually “alarming, but not ...

A woman who was going to the toilet 40 times a day says she feels like a "new woman" after having her entire bowel removed during emergency surgery and now lives with a permanent stoma. Charlie Ryan, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jessica Grossman was faced with a difficult choice when she was 13 years old. "I was so sick that my intestines were basically ...

An expert offers three steps that patients can take to become more comfortable and confident with their ostomy after undergoing surgery for gastric cancer. After a patient with gastrointestinal cancer ...

Alan Lamb's life changed for the better after he had a stoma fitted three years ago, but getting used to talking about it publicly has been a tougher operation. The Leeds city councillor, who ...