Abstract: Patients suffering from colon cancer often undergo ostomy surgery. In many cases this means a large change in the life of the patients. While some patients had time to prepare for this ...

An ostomy bag is an umbrella term for the types of bags that collect waste from surgical openings in your intestines or bladder. A colostomy bag is a type of ostomy bag used to collect stool. Share on ...

Learning that you need an ostomy to help manage your inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) might seem daunting at first. The surgery redirects poop to exit through a stoma (an opening on your lower abdomen ...

Guidance throughout the entire process of ostomy surgery is warranted to improve self-management and reduce healthcare consumption. The aim of this study was to develop an interactive application to ...

"If we don't talk about it, if we don't teach people, how are they going to know to accept us for who we are?" says Jessica Grossman, who founded the nonprofit Uncover Ostomy Jessica Grossman was ...