Ileostomy and colostomy are both surgical procedures to create an opening in the abdomen to reroute the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Diversion colitis (DC) is a condition that causes a part of the ...

The stoma can measure from 1 to 1 1/2 inches around. Unlike your anus, the stoma has no sphincter muscle (the muscles that control bowel movements), so most people cannot control the exit of waste.

Sally Agallo Kwenda , a 50 year old woman who has battled three cancers- cervix, colon and rectum through 13 surgeries, displays colostomy bags used by cancer patients who have undergone colostomy ...

KIMS Cuddles Hospital, Secunderabad, on Monday launched a Pediatric Colostomy Support Group to help families of children undergoing colostomy procedures.