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

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    "Ostomy is the procedure to create the stoma," Farhadi says. The ostomy specifically creates the stoma to help waste leave the body, typically out of the small intestine, colon, rectum or bladder ...

  4. 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]

  5. 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]

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

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    denotes something as 'first' or 'most important' Greek πρωτος (prōtos), first; principal, most important protoneuron: pseud-denotes something false or fake Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō), to lie or deceive pseudoephedrine: psor-Itching Greek ψώρα (psṓra), itch, mange, scurvy psoriasis: psych-of or pertaining to the mind

  7. Wound, ostomy, and continence nursing - Wikipedia

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    Wound, ostomy, and continence nursing is a nursing specialty involved with the treatment of patients with acute and chronic wounds, patients with an ostomy (those who have had some kind of bowel or bladder diversion), and patients with incontinence conditions (those with issues of bladder control, bowel control, and associated skin care).

  8. What to know about Medicare and virtual colonoscopies

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    The test must also be medically necessary to check for or diagnose certain conditions. Examples include neoplasms, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, Crohn’s disease with intestinal obstruction ...

  9. Bowel resection - Wikipedia

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    [15] [16] [17] Depending on the cause and size, perforations may be medically or surgically managed. Some common causes of perforation are cancer, diverticulitis , and peptic ulcer disease . When caused by cancer, bowel perforation typically requires surgery, including resection of blood and lymph supply to the cancerous area when possible.