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or ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA)—may be used. 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 ...

In that case, the surgeon will perform a procedure called a colostomy, creating a temporary or permanent opening through the belly through which stool can exit the body. Wastes collect in a pouch worn ...

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After undergoing a five-hour surgery, she was able to go home just two days later. The athlete was fit with an ileostomy bag, after losing her confidence out in public while undergoing chemotherapy ...

The past year has been one filled with tragedy, with several deaths in the family, and then in December Charlie found out he has stage three colorectal cancer. The couple was married in 2006. “I’m ...

"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?'" ...

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