Louise Thompson was overcome with emotion as she received a tear-jerking letter from an eight-year-old girl who also has a ...

A study in BMC Gastroenterology finds that fecal calprotectin from ileostomy output is a reliable marker for detecting ...

In general, a stomal output >2 l/day is likely to result in dehydration, and sodium and magnesium depletion. Knowledge of the remaining small-bowel length can be used to predict the clinical outcome.

Pain, bloating, swelling, sores, unusual odors, or decreased or increased output from the stoma are all reasons to talk to a healthcare provider. Vomiting or diarrhea that won’t stop, or a stoma that ...

Background and objective Mucous fistula refeeding (MFR) aims to maximise bowel function when an ostomy is active after abdominal surgery, by introducing the proximal ostomy effluent into the distal ...

LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - OPEC+ is unlikely to alter existing plans to raise output gradually when it meets on Monday, delegates from the producer group told Reuters, despite U.S. President ...

You might have a temporary ileostomy with surgery to remove part of the colon. This is to give your colon time to rest and heal after surgery. Your surgeon joins the ends of the bowel back together in ...

Sometimes the surgeon brings the end of the bowel out as an opening on your abdomen called a stoma. This is to give the bowel time to heal. An ileostomy is an opening (stoma) of the small bowel (ileum ...