Some of the 22 caregivers who attended training on basic wound care. When a patient undergoes surgery and is fitted with a stoma bag, it is essential for the caregivers or family members to correctly ...

For many years, ostomy surgery was rarely spoken of. It is performed for a variety of disease processes, including birth defects, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, incontinence and cancer. It can be ...

Sri Ramakrishna Speciality Hospital in association with Delta Cancer Foundation (DCF) and Royal Lions Club of Tiruchi conducted a free stoma care training programme as well as a stoma kit donation ...

Finding out you have inflammatory bowel disease or cancer is undoubtedly difficult news to hear and accept. Finding out that you will also require an ostomy can be devastating as well. For many, the ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Belinda Smith: A stoma is a portal in your body, it is most often built in during something like bowel ...

Stoma care, diet changes, and potential complications are just some of the things to expect after colostomy surgery. You’ll learn how to manage these aspects of recovery before you leave the hospital.

A stoma is an opening that a surgeon creates on a person’s abdomen to allow them to pass bodily waste. Stomas can be lifesaving for people with certain conditions. A person has ostomy surgery to ...