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What is Stoma? |
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Ostomy An ostomy is created with a surgical opening in the abdominal wall, through which a small piece of the intestine or the ureter is lead outside the person's body to the skin surface. Stool or urine is disposed of from this newly created opening into a pouch. There are approximately 1,000,000 people with an ostomy in North America alone. Stoma The term "stoma" comes from Greek and means "mouth" or "opening". In the medical world, the term stoma refers to the end of the uterer or the bowel that can be seen coming though a person's abdominal wall, following an ostomy surgery. The stoma itself is similar in appearance to the oral mucosa. It usually has a round or an oval shape. The stoma is not painful to touch, because it has no nerve endings. However, a stoma can bleed when irritated, which is normal and harmless. Types of ostomy There are several types of ostomy - colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy. Colostomy is an ostomy of the large intestine, Iileostomy - an ostomy of the small intestine, and urostomy - an ostomy for urinary diversion.
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