The urine is collected in a bag worn outside the body, called a urostomy bag, or drained with a catheter. A specialized nurse, known as an ostomy nurse, will show you how to care for your stoma ...

An ostomy bag is a waterproof pouch you wear on your skin to collect waste products like stool (poop) or urine. You may need ...

Colostomy. A colostomy is an opening that connects the large bowel, or colon, to the skin. The stool draining from a colostomy will be pasty. Ostomy pouch. An ostomy pouch is the bag that collects the ...

Ostomy surgery is a life-saving procedure that allows bodily waste to pass through a surgically created stoma on the abdomen into a prosthetic known as a pouch or ostomy bag on the outside of 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 ...