LOWELL — A man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly removing his colostomy bag and hurling it at hospital staff and police officers during a messy confrontation at Lowell General Hospital’s Saints ...

Chantal M. Boucher does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Introduction Intestinal ostomy represents the externalization of the intestine to the abdominal wall. Objective To analyze the clinical and epidemiological profile of patients who underwent intestinal ...

1 Department of General Surgery &Neonatal Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China 2 Department of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical ...

Lawrence General Hospital has reversed its decision to close or reduce outpatient services at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen which it now owns. An array of medical treatments including blood ...

How Will a Colostomy Change My Life? If you get a colostomy, your medical team will talk to you while you’re still in the hospital after the surgery about how to take care of it and will give you some ...

THE changes in the surgical management of malignant lesions of the colon effected in the last few years have resulted in a marked reduction in the mortality following radical operations on the large ...

Wound care management involves dressings, equipment, and other aids, such as bandages, gels, and ostomy drainage bags, designed to prevent and treat wounds, as well as to promote or accelerate wound ...

Publisher: Discover STM Publishing Ltd. In this case report, we present a 62-year-old male with a malignant rectal tumor who experienced spontaneous closure of a stoma. Laparotomy adhesiolysis ...

1 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Research Unit of Minimally Invasive ...

A one-year-old infant with a rare congenital condition called anorectal malformation (ARM) -- meaning, the baby had no anal opening -- was recently treated successfully after undergoing a series of ...