This is a prime example of a surgeon needlessly endangering the safety and well-being of a patient,” plaintiff's counsel Paul ...

Medically reviewed by Jamin Brahmbhatt, MD A urostomy is a surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening in the ...

"They changed the bag and put him right back in there—with feces all on his clothes and all this on the floor. We're like, 'Hey man, y'all ain't gonna clean up?'" ...

A colostomy is when part of the colon is used to create a stoma. They are similar in that they are both surgeries wherein stool leaves the body through a stoma, a part of the body brought outside of ...

A Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy) is a complex surgery involving several procedures during one operation. It is often performed to treat pancreatic cancer. It will take time for the ...

The stoma/ostomy care market encompasses products designed for individuals who have undergone ostomy procedures, which involve creating an artificial opening (stoma) for waste elimination due to ...

You might have a temporary ileostomy with surgery to remove part of the colon. This is to give your colon time to rest and heal after surgery. Your surgeon joins the ends of the bowel back together in ...

Peristomal dermatoses commonly afflict the area around stoma openings in ostomy patients. These complications, however, are often unreported by patients and remain untreated for years, thus ...

This political agreement is usually used to speed up the legislative procedure and make it easier to reach an agreement at first reading between the Parliament and the Council. The procedure is ...