Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Key Takeaways Colostomy surgery creates an opening in your abdomen to pass waste, which collects in a bag.Some colostomies are temporary and can be reversed ...

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 ...

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 ...

As part of CURE®’s Heal at Home series, we offer a guide on ostomies following surgery and how patients can best care for their stomas. Will it smell? Is the ocean or a hot tub off limits? What about ...

Surgery in November removed 12-18 inches of Taplin's colon, and she spent a week in the hospital. The surgeon had told her there was a 50/50 chance she would come out of the procedure with a colostomy ...

Ostomy procedures have been keeping people alive for hundreds of years, but not everyone has knowledge about these life-saving procedures or their impact on the lives of the people who have them. I ...

Doctors may offer people with stomach cancer the opportunity to have surgery. This can help to remove the cancer or prevent complications and reduce the side effects of the disease. If the cancer has ...