colostomy pouch
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colostomy bag — noun or colostomy pouch : a container kept constantly in position to receive feces discharged through a colostomy * * * colostomy bag noun A bag for collecting waste products from the body, used by people who have undergone a colostomy • • • Main … Useful english dictionary
Colostomy — Not to be confused with corpus callosotomy. Colostomy Intervention Line drawing showing a permanent colostomy for rectal cancer. ICD 9 CM … Wikipedia
colostomy — /keuh los teuh mee/, n., pl. colostomies. Surg. 1. the construction of an artificial opening from the colon through the abdominal wall, thus bypassing a diseased portion of the lower intestine and permitting the passage of intestinal contents. 2 … Universalium
Hartmann pouch procedure (operation colostomy) — Hart·mann pouch, procedure (operation, colostomy) (hahrtґmahn) [Henri Hartmann, French surgeon, 1860–1952] see under pouch and procedure … Medical dictionary
Total mesorectal excision — (or TME) is a standard technique for treatment of colorectal cancer, devised some 20 years ago. A significant length of the bowel around the tumour is removed, and the removed lymph system scrutinised for cancerous activity (see lymphadenectomy) … Wikipedia
Intersex surgery — is one of several terms referring to surgery performed to correct birth defects or early injuries of the genitalia, primarily for the purposes of making the appearance more normal and to reduce the likelihood of future problems. The recent… … Wikipedia
ostomy — /os teuh mee/, n., pl. ostomies. any of various surgical procedures, as a colostomy, in which an artificial opening is made so as to permit the drainage of waste products either into an appropriate organ or to the outside of the body. [1955 60;… … Universalium
diverticulum — diverticular, adj. /duy veuhr tik yeuh leuhm/, n., pl. diverticula / leuh/. Anat. a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, esp. an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the… … Universalium
Ileostomy — Interventions infobox Name = PAGENAME ICD10 = ICD9 = 46.2 MeshID = D007081 OtherCodes = An ileostomy is a stoma that has been constructed by bringing the end or loop of small intestine (the ileum) out onto the surface of the skin. Intestinal… … Wikipedia
Ostomy pouching system — An ostomy pouching system (also colloquially called a bag) is a medical device prosthetic that provides a means for the collection of waste from a surgically diverted biological system (colon, ileum, urinary) and the creation of a stoma. Pouching … Wikipedia
