ostomy
An operation to create an opening (a stoma) from an area inside the body to the outside.
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14 matchescolostomy
An opening into the colon from the outside of the body.
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A feeding route running straight through the abdominal wall, used when swallowing will be unsafe for a long time.
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An opening into the ileum, part of the small intestine, from the outside of the body.
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Pressure rather than pain is the danger, since urine that cannot escape backs up and injures the kidney quickly.
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An opening made surgically to allow the colon to exit the body through the perineum (the area of the body between the anus and the vulva in females, and between the anus and the scrotum in males).
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A tracheostomy provides an airway route that bypasses the mouth, nose, and throat entirely, distinguishing it from a tube passed through those structures.
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A 0.5-inch- to 1.5-inch-long plastic tube placed in a surgically created opening (tracheostomy) in the windpipe to keep it open.
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Breathing through an opening in the neck rather than the nose and mouth, with the voice box left out of the path.
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A feeding tube placed into the stomach through the abdominal wall with the help of a camera, avoiding an open operation.
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The name records both incisions, one in the abdomen and one around the anus, and because the anus goes, the stoma is permanent.
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A tube inserted through the wall of the abdomen directly into the stomach.
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A 2-inch- to 3-inch-long curved metal or plastic tube placed in a surgically created opening (tracheostomy) in the windpipe to keep it open.
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A registered nurse who has additional education and training in how to care for people who have a wound, an ostomy (surgery to create an opening in the abdomen for a new path for urine or stool), or…
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