A surgeon will carry out a loop ileostomy by creating an opening, or a stoma, in the abdomen. This procedure is usually temporary, but it can be a big change in a person’s life, and preparation ...

Some people may be eligible for an ileostomy reversal within about 6 months of their initial surgery. The procedure is shorter and simpler than the original surgery. Learn more.

Colostomy and ileostomy are surgeries that reroute part of the digestive tract to the abdominal wall. They can be temporary or permanent and done for different reasons.

If you need to get an ileostomy, you’ll have lots of questions about how to care for it and how it will affect your life. Use these tips to help you make everyday life easier.

Patients with Crohn's disease and long-term ileostomy experience endoscopic recurrence, with ileal involvement and prior exposure to biologic therapy being identified as independent risk factors.

Manual injection of cyanoacrylate into the ileostomy mucosal veins. Since 2008, over an 18-month period, the patient has undergone 13 sessions of cyanoacrylate injection into the ileostomy mucosa.

Learn more at takewhatserves.podbean.com. In this episode, Bryan talks to Anna Ransbotham-Cole about her journey of getting an ileostomy surgery after living with ulcerative colitis.