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What is a colostomy?

What is a colostomy? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An incision into the colon to allow for drainage.
  2. The opening produced in such incision.
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After the entire necrotized bowel was resected, jejunostomy and sigmoid colostomy were performed.
On Saturday night, shortly after the incident, doctors performed a colostomy on the little girl.
Occasionally, an ileostomy or colostomy can prolapse or become narrowed, so blocking the passage of faeces.
On day four, he was scheduled for a colon resection, liver biopsy, and possible colostomy.
Examples of advanced laparoscopic procedures include splenectomies, colostomy takedowns, colectomies, and Nissen fundoplications.
She told me this while I was in the hospital with ulcerative colitis I was very close to having a colostomy done.

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