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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.
Things liven up, too, when Mr G appears, shaky and dithery in his stained white suit, having problems with his colostomy bag.
Mucosal atrophy may result when dietary sources of fatty acids are lacking or when the fecal stream is diverted by an ileostomy or colostomy.
However, he later needed a full colostomy in February and had a cut from his stomach to his groin.
On day four, he was scheduled for a colon resection, liver biopsy, and possible colostomy.
She was so badly hurt that doctors had to perform a colostomy to allow her body parts to heal.

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