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Sometimes treatment for Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and familial adenomatous polyposis involves removing all or part of the intestines. When the intestines are removed, the body needs a new way for stool to leave the body, so the surgeon creates an opening in the abdomen for stool to pass through. The surgery to create the new opening is called ostomy. The opening is called a stoma. 
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The organs that take in food and turn it into products that the body can use to stay healthy. Waste products the body cannot use leave the body through bowel movements. The digestive system includes the salivary glands, mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, small and large intestines, and rectum.
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Ostomy as related to Digestive System
- MedlinePlus: Ostomy
Digestive System; Kidneys and Urinary System; Surgery and Rehabilitation; Go Local ... The primary NIH organization for research on Ostomy is the ...
- Ostomy Services - Washington County Hospital
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- MedlinePlus: Digestive System Topics
Digestive System ... Colonic Polyps ; Colorectal Cancer; Colorectal Cancer; Colostomy see Ostomy; Constipation
- Ostomy Surgery
Ostomy Surgery For More Information The digestive system Researchers have only recently begun to understand the many, often complex diseases that affect the digestive system.
- C3Life - Ostomy Basics: General Information
Inspiring and informing people with ostomies on how to get more out of their lives. ... What's the Length of Time for Having a Stoma? The Digestive System: When food is chewed and ...
- The Health Library — Digestive System
Inflammation (Gastroenteritis) Gastroenteritis Caused by Infection: Gastroenteritis:Merck Manual, Home Edition: Gastroenteritis in Adults:Aetna InteliHealth
- DIGESTIVE DISORDERS - Facts and Fallacies About Digestive Diseases
Ostomy Surgery. Researchers have only recently begun to understand the many, often complex diseases that affect the digestive system. Accordingly, people are gradually replacing ...
- Digestive Basics - Your Digestive System and How it Works
Crohn's Disease Ulcerative Colitis Related Conditions Diagnosis Treatments Surgery Ostomy ... The digestive system is a series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from the ...
- Digestive Basics - Your Digestive System and How it Works
Crohn's Disease Ulcerative Colitis Related Conditions Diagnosis Treatments Surgery Ostomy ... A fascinating feature of the digestive system is that it contains its own regulators.
- Caring for your ostomy
An ostomy is a surgical procedure. When a part of the digestive system is diseased or damaged and not able to function normally, a hole is made in the abdomen and a ...
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