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  2. Colostomy - Wikipedia

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    Only the proximal stoma is functioning. Most often, double-barrel colostomy is a temporary colostomy with two openings into the colon (distal and proximal). The elimination occurs through the proximal stoma. Colostomy surgery that is planned usually has a higher rate of long-term success than surgery performed in an emergency situation.

  3. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary .

  4. 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]

  5. List of medical symptoms - Wikipedia

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    List of medical symptoms. Medical symptoms refer to the manifestations or indications of a disease or condition, perceived and complained about by the patient. [1] [2] Patients observe these symptoms and seek medical advice from healthcare professionals.

  6. List of eponymous medical signs - Wikipedia

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    bony outgrowths on dorsa of proximal interphalangeal joints Bracht–Wachter bodies: Erich Franz Eugen Bracht, Hermann Julius Gustav Wächter: cardiology: infective endocarditis: yellow-white spots in the myocardium Branham's sign: Henry Branham: vascular surgery, nephrology: chronic kidney disease, hemodialysis

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  8. Best Buy broadly misses earnings estimates as consumers pull ...

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    For the 12th consecutive quarter, Best Buy posted negative same-store sales growth. Net sales and earnings per share also missed estimates.

  9. Ostomy system - Wikipedia

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    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. [2]