An ostomy is a piece of intestine that is brought to the skin. People with anal cancers or rectal cancers or severe bowel leakage will often note that they're not able to control their bowels anymore.

There are two types of ostomies: ileostomy and colostomy. Ileostomy. An ileostomy is an opening that connects the small bowel to the skin. The stool draining from an ileostomy will be liquid.

[1] Creating an intestinal stoma requires the externalizing of the bowel through a surgically created opening in the anterior abdominal wall. Specifically, an ileostomy connects the ileal part of ...