APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Colostomy is a surgical procedure that brings one end of the large intestine out through an opening (stoma) made in the abdominal wall. Stools moving through the intestine drain through the stoma into a bag attached to the skin of the abdomen.

Detailed explanation-2: -So, here’s how a stoma is created-a stoma is created when a portion of your large or small intestine or urinary tract has been brought through the surface of your abdomen (belly) and then folded back.

Detailed explanation-3: -An intestinal stoma is one of the most common surgical procedures, in which exteriorization of either small bowel or large bowel through the anterior abdominal wall is performed. It may be performed for the management of wide ranges of benign and malignant gastrointestinal conditions on an emergency or regular basis.

Detailed explanation-4: -The bowel may have to be rerouted through an artificially created hole in the abdomen so that faeces can still leave the body. This hole is called a stoma.

Detailed explanation-5: -Listen to pronunciation. (IL-ee-OS-toh-mee) An opening into the ileum, part of the small intestine, from the outside of the body. An ileostomy provides a new path for waste material to leave the body after part of the intestine has been removed.