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” ...

An ileostomy and a colostomy are both forms of ostomy surgery. Although they are similar, ileostomies and colostomies involve different parts of the bowel. Ostomy surgery, or bowel diversion, is a ...

An expert offers three steps that patients can take to become more comfortable and confident with their ostomy after undergoing surgery for gastric cancer. After a patient with gastrointestinal cancer ...

A mother-of-two who battled aggressive bowel cancer has started a fashion blog offering style tips for those living with a colostomy bag. Suzanne Dore, 42, of Rayne, Essex, discovered that dressing in ...