A review of the outcomes of patients with anal cancer enrolled in the Hurley Cancer Registry: 1987-2004 No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the ...

AN expandable tube that unblocks the bowel before surgery could lead to fewer cancer patients -- diagnosed as emergencies -- needing a colostomy bag. The Cancer Research UK-funded CReST trial ...

An ileostomy and a colostomy are surgical procedures that reroute part of the intestines to an opening in the abdominal wall. Ileostomies involve the small intestine, while colostomies involve the ...

A colostomy is an operation where the large bowel (colon) is brought onto the surface of the abdomen to create an opening. The opening is also known as a stoma. You wear a colostomy bag that sticks ...

Doctors may recommend a colostomy if the bowel becomes diseased or damaged. This procedure involves cutting into the abdominal wall to drain stool from the colon. Any surgery ending in “ostomy” ...

Having a colostomy means your poo no longer passes out of your body through your anus. Instead, it passes out through the stoma. You wear a bag that sticks to your skin over the stoma to collect the ...

What is a Colostomy Bag? A colostomy bag is a pouch made of heavy-duty plastic that’s worn on your body and collects your poop. You will need to use one of these bags if you had a colostomy, a form of ...

We describe an extracorporeal staple technique used to treat severe colostomy stenosis under analgo-sedation, thus avoiding relaparotomy. The surgery is performed under short-term sedation. The ...