Debbie Kinder of Charleston, West Virginia has used an ostomy bag for around four years. Her nonprofit, Kinder's Closet, ...

The operation is called a colostomy. The surgeon will attach the end of your colon to the stoma. Bowel movements will leave your body through it and collect in a special pouch that you’ll empty out.

"I needed a way to protect my ostomy pouch while training and working as a police officer, playing hockey, or engaging in ...

HANNAH Whateley faced every parent’s worst nightmare when her baby girl ate a toy that burned through her stomach.  Araya, ...

Having a colostomy or ileostomy should not make any difference to ... This can mean changing the stoma bag at least 5 times a day. Removing a 1 piece stoma bag several times a day could result in ...

Also called a K-pouch, a continent ileostomy is a connection of the end of the small intestine, called the ileum, to the skin of your abdomen. A surgeon makes it so that waste can leave your body ...

Ileostomy and colostomy are two types of ostomy surgery that treat diseases and conditions affecting the digestive system. Both include the creation of a stoma, by which a small piece of intestine ...

A colostomy is an operation to create an opening (stoma) of the large bowel (colon) onto the surface of the tummy (abdomen). Your poo no longer passes out of your body through your back passage.