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 ...

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The output (what the stool that comes out of the stoma is called) might be less solid than a bowel movement through an intact colon. Ileostomy Surgery: In ileostomy surgery, part or all of the large ...

Sometimes the surgeon brings the end of the bowel out as an opening on your abdomen called a stoma. This is to give the bowel time to heal. An ileostomy is an opening (stoma) of the small bowel (ileum ...