You can have surgery to reverse your colostomy or ileostomy. It's called an ostomy reversal. Your surgeon will sew the ends of your intestine (bowel) back together. This surgery "reverses" your ...

If your ileostomy is temporary, your doctor will let you know when it’s safe to complete the reversal surgery. That’s usually after your large intestine has healed and can function properly again.

such as cancer, by permanently removing or resting the affected part of the bowel. Find out more about ileostomy reversal.

When an ileostomy is temporary, another surgery might be done to restore the bowel, called a reversal. If the colon is intact and heals, the ileostomy might be reversed. This may occur in cases of ...

This is called a stoma reversal. Your surgeon will tell you when you are likely to have this operation. You might need a permanent ileostomy if your surgeon has to remove a large part of your colon ...

Stoma reversal is often at the end of your cancer treatment. If you are having chemotherapy after surgery to remove your cancer this happens first. You might need a permanent ileostomy if there are no ...

An ileostomy and a colostomy are surgical procedures that reroute part of the intestines to an opening in the abdominal wall. Ileostomies involve the small intestine, while colostomies involve the ...

1 The investigators hypothesized that a longer period of time between an IPAA and closure of the ileostomy would lead to more endoscopic pouch or cuff inflammation, known as cuffitis. The 290 pati ...