As part of CURE®’s Heal at Home series, we offer a guide on ostomies following surgery and how patients can best care for their stomas. These are just some of the questions that Stephanie S. Yates, a ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My friend had a stoma created after years of managing Crohn's disease. She recently had surgery to repair a hernia. What is a stoma, and are these types of hernias common? What is ...

Marks and Spencer (M&S) have added a range of specialised 'stoma knickers' to its lingerie collection, making it the first high street retailer to develop underwear especially with stoma patients in ...

A possible complication of an ileostomy is a prolapse of the stoma. This occurs when the stoma protrudes too far outside the skin. A prolapsed stoma is not typically dangerous but can lead to serious ...

Roughly one-third of colorectal cancer survivors require temporary or permanent ostomy formation, making perioperative counseling and survivorship planning central to long-term quality-of-life ...

Skin irritations, stoma retractions, prolapse, or blockage are some of the more common complications of a colostomy. About 150,000 new colostomies or ileostomies are performed each year in the United ...