Some rectal cancer patients might be spared surgery and the lifelong need for a colostomy bag if they undergo MRI screening, a new study finds. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News ...

Underwood-Memorial Hospital will host a meeting of the ostomy patient support group for patients and caregivers on Wednesday evening, Nov. 11, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the hospital’s Dining Room B ...

Ostomy patients must learn how to provide self-care in maintaining their pouching systems and all the potential issues resulting from their surgeries, both directly and indirectly.

Patients undergoing abdominal surgery for ostomy placement have high rates of hospital readmissions and emergency department visits – often involving ostomy-related complications, reports a ...

Patients undergoing abdominal surgery for ostomy placement have high rates of hospital readmissions and emergency department visits – often involving ostomy-related complications, reports a ...

She will lead an ostomy support group that will be held the fourth Tuesday of every month at 5 p.m. at St. Peter’s Health Regional Medical Center, starting Feb. 26.

I wear an ostomy pouch and wonder how cabin pressure might affect it. I’m sure ostomy patients do fly, but I really don’t want any surprises. Should I mail my ostomy supplies to our destination?

Many patients fear surgery because of the need for a "bag" or ostomy, but for most patients who need colectomy, the ostomy is only temporary and a bowel reconstruction.