Colostomy surgery is a procedure where the colon or large intestine is diverted to an artificial opening on the lower section of the wall of the abdomen so that it can expel out fecal matter to the ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’ve heard of stents being used to treat heart disease, but recently I saw a news story that talked about using stents as an alternative to colostomy in people who have colon cancer.

Abdominal wall hernias through a standard midline laparotomy occur at high rates, in the range of 10%. Primary repair of such hernia defects has been associated with recurrence rates in the range of ...

The reason why colostomy and ileostomy can be confused is that they both involve a surgeon fashioning an opening from the intestine through the skin of the abdominal wall. A colostomy is performed ...