Colostomy

Colostomy

An operation that attaches the colon to an opening in the abdomen called a stoma. An ostomy pouch, attached to the stoma and worn outside the body, collects stool. A temporary colostomy may be created to allow the rectum to heal from injury or surgery.

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colostomy

Medical; Gastroenterology

An operation that attaches the colon to an opening in the abdomen called a stoma. An ostomy pouch, attached to the stoma and worn outside the body, collects stool. A temporary ...

colostomy

Health care; Cancer treatment

An opening into the colon from the outside of the body. A colostomy provides a new path for waste material to leave the body after part of the colon has been removed.

colostomy

Health care; General

Surgery that makes an opening to the intestine through the surface of the abdomen. The opening empties the bowels.

colostomies

Medical; Health care; Medicine

The surgical construction of an opening between the colon and the surface of the body.

colostomy

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The surgical construction of an opening between the colon and the surface of the body.

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