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 ...

So after an ileostomy, patients have a stoma or an opening in their abdomen. It's usually in the right lower quadrant. And now, fortunately, the technology for ileostomies have been improved ...

Your surgeon provides this by performing an ileostomy. This involves pulling part of your small intestine through an opening in your lower abdomen. The small intestine eliminates waste into a ...

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 ...