Colostomy
Use
colon surgery
Facts
- A colostomy is a surgical procedure that involves connecting a part of the colon onto the anterior abdominal wall, leaving the patient with an opening on the abdomen called a stoma.
- A colostomy is a surgically-created opening in the abdomen through which a small portion of the colon is brought up to the surface of the skin.
- Colostomy is commonly used in the management of rectal cancer, severe anorectal trauma and perianal sepsis.
- Colostomy is operation that makes it possible for stool to leave the body after the rectum has been removed.