In total, 30 patients were diagnosed with HSD and all cases were confirmed by rectal biopsy. For treatment, rectal irrigation was carried out for two months to achieve colonic decompression; treatment ...

Readers reflect on their experiences of urostomy after reading our interview with Tracey Emin In your interview with Tracey Emin about A Second Life, her forthcoming major exhibition at Tate Modern, ...

Purpose: This article aims to present a standardization of the technique of transanal therapeutic irrigation, which is an old technique that has passed through history and is now used as a medical ...

The Ostomy Irrigation Products Market is entering a decisive growth phase as healthcare systems worldwide prioritize long-term ostomy management and patient independence. Valued at USD 316.8 million ...

Gill Castle (left) is leading a group of women up Kilimanjaro In September 2023, Gill Castle became the first person with a stoma to swim the channel and now she is embarking on a new challenge. She ...

A stoma is an opening that is made through the tummy (abdominal) wall. It connects the bowel to the surface of the tummy. The stoma is round or oval-shaped, and it looks pink and moist. It has no ...

OBJECTIVE: the objective in this study was to describe the strategies developed by digestive stoma patients to cope with their situation. METHOD: a qualitative and descriptive study was undertaken, ...

An ostomy pouch is a collection system you wear on your body following a lifesaving ostomy surgery, which reroutes how your body expels waste. An ostomy pouch collects urine or feces from a stoma, an ...

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 affecting ...

How to provide care and support for people with a stoma, including types of urinary and faecal stomas and recognising and managing common stoma complications. Abstract A stoma is an opening in the ...

Growing up with a chronic illness, Sara Levitt was forced to undergo emergency colon surgery that left her with an ostomy bag. At age 13, Levitt, from Montreal, Canada, thought her life was over and ...