A "deeply-loved" Houghton-le-Spring dad died at just 53 after an operation went wrong at Sunderland Royal Hospital. Neil ...

There are difficult questions about what appropriate and value-based care looks like, especially for frail older patients, ...

Persistence has paid off for a campaigner after a large retail chain backed his call for more stoma-friendly toilets. Tony Beckingsale from Bristol said it gives him "confidence" and will make a "huge ...

Naturopathic medicine is adept at treating chronic health conditions. Because many of the conditions leading to ostomies are of a chronic nature, it is likely that today’s ND can expect to treat ...

Purpose: Stomal complications after ileal conduit urinary diversion are challenging and can negatively affect quality of life after radical cystectomy. Parastomal hernias (PHs) develop in up to half ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most frequently diagnosed cancer in the United States and it is found in 17% of patients thought to have complicated diverticular disease. However, primary ...

The importance and value of continuous care for patients after ileal cystostomy is established, and relevant experience to provide references for clinical practice is summarized in this study. This ...

Enterostomy is a vital intervention for many congenital developmental abnormalities and acquired gastrointestinal conditions in neonates. Nutritional complications are frequent and associated with ...

Although it changes everyday life in terms of how you deal with urine and stool, that's not the only shift. Sex and intimacy with an ostomy bag can come with challenges. "In this situation, you can ...

New evidence-based guideline provides 22 recommendations to standardize nutritional care for neonates after enterostomy. Although neonatal nutrition guidelines exist, none have previously focused on ...