Is 60 days likely to be long enough after a transverse double-barrel colostomy for colon perforation and takedown of a Goretex dual-mesh graft (24 x 30 cm) for reversal of colostomy in view of ...

The Colostomy Association has raised concerns after Pangbourne Parish Council refused to fund or manage the village public conveniences. Its decision followed a budget cut by West Berkshire Council ...

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” ...

There has been quite a lot in the media lately about ostomies – that is people with colostomy or ileostomy bags. With photographs of people flashing their stomas going viral and the #GetYourBellyOut ...

Having a colostomy means your poo no longer passes out of your body through your anus. Instead, it passes out through the stoma. You wear a bag that sticks to your skin over the stoma to collect the ...

Abdominal wall hernias through a standard midline laparotomy occur at high rates, in the range of 10%. Primary repair of such hernia defects has been associated with recurrence rates in the range of ...