Quality of life (QoL) for patients with ostomies is a significant area of research, as these individuals often face unique challenges following their surgeries. Ostomy procedures, which involve ...

And I've had patients where they just put a little band-aid over it and live very normal lives. Nancy Kemeny, MD (cont.) So I think the concept of colostomy is not as bad as it usually is.

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Ileostomy and colostomy are two types of ostomy surgery that treat diseases and ...

An ostomy is a surgically created opening on your abdomen to drain stool. It is the end of the intestine that can be seen on the skin of your belly. There are two types of ostomies: ileostomy and ...

The stoma/ostomy care market is projected to grow at a 4.9% CAGR, reaching USD 6.5 billion by 2033. The rising prevalence of ...

Peristomal dermatoses commonly afflict the area around stoma openings in ostomy patients. These complications, however, are often unreported by patients and remain untreated for years, thus ...

But sometimes, that can’t happen. In those cases, you'll have an operation called a colostomy. Your surgeon will connect the colon to a hole in your abdomen, called an ostomy. You’ll have a ...