Juanita Gantt alleges that the medication caused her colon to stop working. Now she lives with an ileostomy bag.

So after an ileostomy, patients have a stoma or an opening in their abdomen. It's usually in the right lower quadrant. And now, fortunately, the technology for ileostomies have been improved ...

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 colostomy. Ileostomy. An ileostomy is an opening that connects the small bowel ...

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"Horrible." With her colon gone, Gantt now lives with an ileostomy bag attached to her abdomen at all times to collect waste. "I had no warning that this was even a possibility," she said.

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Doctors perform a procedure called a continent ileostomy (Kock pouch) if you want your external pouch converted to an internal one or if you can't get the IPAA operation. In this procedure ...

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Specifically, an ileostomy connects the ileal part of the small intestine to the anterior abdominal wall, a colostomy connects the colon to the anterior abdominal wall, and a urostomy uses either ...

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