Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Ileostomy and colostomy are two types of ostomy surgery that treat diseases and ...

You might have a temporary ileostomy with surgery to remove part of the colon. This is to give your colon time to rest and heal after surgery. Your surgeon joins the ends of the bowel back together in ...

So after an ileostomy, patients have a stoma or an opening in their abdomen. It's usually in the right lower quadrant. And now, fortunately, the technology for ileostomies have been improved ...

An ostomy is a surgically created opening on your abdomen to drain stool. It is the end of the intestine that can be seen on the skin of your belly. There are two types of ostomies: ileostomy and ...

Sandra Benitez reads from her memoir ‘bag lady’ at Excelsior Bay Books In the preface to “bag lady,” Sandra Benitez’s new memoir, she writes “If you think about it, in one way or ...