Medically reviewed by Jamin Brahmbhatt, MD A urostomy is a surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening in the ...

Peristomal dermatoses commonly afflict the area around stoma openings in ostomy patients. These complications, however, are often unreported by patients and remain untreated for years, thus ...

Millennial Woman With Stoma Who Refuses To Stop Wearing a Bikini Applauded Published Mar 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM EDT By Lucy Notarantonio ...

Stoma prolapses are usually “alarming, but not that dangerous,” for patients who have an ostomy, explained Stephanie S. Yates, a nurse practitioner from Duke Cancer Center’s Wound Ostomy Clinic in ...

A request from a parishioner leads to the facilities, including a hook and long mirror, being added.

A woman is documenting her experiencing living with a stoma bag – including shopping for a wedding dress – because she wants to "normalise it and break the stigma".

A teenager will have a stoma bag for the rest of her life after what she thought was period pain turned out to be ulcerative colitis (UC).

"In the six years I've had a stoma, I've had one toilet that's been completely accessible for me," says Emma Sellars. "It is a real downer to be honest." The 23-year-old from Lincoln has been ...

Adele Roberts on loving her stoma + what it means to be a WH cover star while battling cancer 'Being diagnosed with cancer has made me appreciate my body more than ever' ...