Resumen de Stomas
Stoma creation is a surgical procedure to allow a new way for intestinal waste (stool) to leave the body.
A stoma (or ostomy) may be needed to treat many illnesses like cancers, ulcerative colitis, Crohn disease, diverticulitis, trauma, and several urologic and neurologic conditions. Every year, approximately 120 000 stoma procedures are done, and almost 1 million patients have stomas at any given time in North America.
In a stoma procedure, a segment of the intestine is brought outside the body. Depending on the type of illness, different intestine segments may be used to make a stoma. Stomas may be temporary or permanent and are named by the piece of intestine brought outside the body. A colostomy is a stoma created from the colon. An ileostomy is created from a segment of small intestine called the ileum.
