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2. Colostomy - Wikipedia

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   002942. [edit on Wikidata] A colostomy is an opening (stoma) in the large intestine (colon), or the surgical procedure that creates one. The opening is formed by drawing the healthy end of the colon through an incision in the anterior abdominal wall and suturing it into place. This opening, often in conjunction with an attached ostomy system ...

3. Stoma (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Colostomy Patient with a colostomy complicated by a large parastomal hernia, which is when tissue protrudes adjacent to the stoma tract. CT scan of same patient, showing intestines within the hernia. Parastomal hernia is the most common late complication of stomata through the abdominal wall, occurring in 10 to 25% of the patients. [1]

4. Ostomy system - Wikipedia

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   Specialty. Gastroenterology. [edit on Wikidata] An ostomy pouching system[1] is a prosthetic medical device that provides a means for the collection of waste from a surgically diverted biological system (colon, ileum, bladder) and the creation of a stoma. Pouching systems are most commonly associated with colostomies, ileostomies, and urostomies.

5. What are stoma and ostomy bags? Doctors explain - AOL

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   Doctors say that, overall, you can lead a fairly normal life with a stoma bag. You can even swim with a stoma bag. "The appliance and bag is designed to be water-resistant and there should be no ...

6. Colonoscopy - Wikipedia

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   Colonoscopy (/ ˌkɒləˈnɒskəpi /) or coloscopy (/ kəˈlɒskəpi /) [1] is a medical procedure involving the endoscopic examination of the large bowel (colon) and the distal portion of the small bowel. This examination is performed using either a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera, which is mounted on a flexible tube and passed through the ...

7. Bowel resection - Wikipedia

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   Bowel resection. A bowel resection or enterectomy (enter- + -ectomy) is a surgical procedure in which a part of an intestine (bowel) is removed, from either the small intestine or large intestine. Often the word enterectomy is reserved for the sense of small bowel resection, in distinction from colectomy, which covers the sense of large bowel ...