This is when the end of the small bowel is attached to the rectum or the anus. An ileostomy might be temporary. After it is reversed, stool leaves the body through the anus (the bottom).

Iona “Fox” Woolmington was diagnosed with rectal cancer in 2020 and had to use an stoma bag while her body healed. To better ...

When you have a colostomy or ileostomy the end of your bowel is brought through an opening on your tummy (abdomen). The opening is called a stoma. If the small bowel (ileum) is brought out onto the ...

Also called a K-pouch, a continent ileostomy is a connection of the end of the small intestine, called the ileum, to the skin of your abdomen. A surgeon makes it so that waste can leave your body ...