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- Ostomy: What It Is, Surgery, What To Expect Bag Care
What is an ostomy? An ostomy is a surgical operation that helps your body remove waste (poop or pee) when the usual way of removing it isn’t working You might need an ostomy if part of your digestive tract or urinary tract is damaged or needs time to heal
- What is an Ostomy? l United Ostomy Associations of America
Ostomy surgery is a life-saving procedure that allows bodily waste to pass through a surgically created stoma on the abdomen into a prosthetic known as a ‘pouch’ or ‘ostomy bag’ on the outside of the body or an internal surgically created pouch for continent diversion surgeries
- Ostomy: Adapting to life after colostomy, ileostomy or urostomy
Learn all you can about life with an ostomy Use this information to boost your self-esteem and help you adapt to your ostomy It takes time to become comfortable with an ostomy — a surgically created opening in your abdomen that allows waste or urine to leave your body
- Ostomy - MedlinePlus
An ostomy treats certain diseases of the digestive or urinary systems Learn about different types of ostomy including colostomy and ileostomy
- What is Ostomy: Bags Pouches, Surgery Details . . . - WebMD
What Is an Ostomy? An ostomy is a surgery that creates a hole to allow stool (poop) or urine (pee) to leave your body through your belly
- Ostomy: Procedure, aftercare, duration, and more
During an ostomy, a surgeon makes an incision in the abdomen and attaches a portion of the intestine to the abdominal wall so stool will exit the body via a hole in the abdomen instead of the
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