used in open surgery to reinforce soft or weak tissues such as hernia repairs, especially for the prevention of incisional stomal laparoceles such as ileostomy, colostomy, urethrostomy.

An ostomy is a surgical procedure creating an opening, or "stoma," on the abdomen to allow waste to exit the body. This may be essential due to conditions like Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis ...

Bowel sounds were normal. The conduit ileostomy was pink and warm. The patient reported that only a small amount of urine had been collected in the past few days and we noted little urine output.

An ostomy is a surgically created opening on your abdomen to drain stool. It is the end of the intestine that can be seen on the skin of your belly. There are two types of ostomies: ileostomy and ...