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  2. Howard Dully - Wikipedia

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    In 2007, Dully published My Lobotomy, a memoir co-authored by Charles Fleming. The memoir relates Howard Dully's experiences as a child, the effect of the procedure on his life, his efforts as an adult to discover why the medically unnecessary procedure was performed on him and the effect of the radio broadcast on his life.

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

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    "Ostomy can be said at times to refer to the stoma after the procedure has been completed," he says. About one in 500 people in the U.S. live with an ostomy, according to the Crohn's & Colitis ...

  4. Ostomy system - Wikipedia

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    Pouching systems usually consist of a collection pouch, a barrier on the skin, and connect with the stoma itself, which is the part of the body that has been diverted to the skin. The system may be a one-piece system consisting only of a bag or, in some instances involve a device placed on the skin with a collection pouch that is attached ...

  5. Lobotomy - Wikipedia

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    A lobotomy (from Greek λοβός (lobos) 'lobe' and τομή (tomē) 'cut, slice') or leucotomy is a discredited form of neurosurgical treatment for psychiatric disorder or neurological disorder (e.g. epilepsy, depression) that involves severing connections in the brain's prefrontal cortex. [1]

  6. Surgical site infection - Wikipedia

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    Of the 210 patients, 14 (6.8%) developed SSIs. Skin, nasal, and rectal samples were taken before surgery from most patients. Whole genome sequencing of 22 SSI samples revealed that 86% were similar to bacterial strains found on the patients' skin before surgery. Further analysis of 59 additional SSIs in the same hospital showed no common ...

  7. 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]

  8. Woman left with stoma after traumatic birth - AOL

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  9. Indiana pouch - Wikipedia

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    Patients who have an Indiana pouch run the risk of infections from the stoma, difficult catheterization, pain around the stoma, stones, leakage, and sleep disruption. Also this type of urinary diversion causes immediate metabolic changes that can give a wide range of symptoms from diarrhea, vitamin B12 deficiency , electrolyte abnormalities ...