DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My friend had a stoma created after years of managing Crohn's disease. She recently had surgery to repair a hernia. What is a stoma, and are these types of hernias common? What is ...

2.1 Stomas are created surgically to divert the contents of the urinary or digestive tract through an opening in the abdominal wall. A parastomal hernia allows protrusion of abdominal contents through ...

An unusual bulge in the lower abdomen can cause severe pain and embarrassment, but doctors at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are on a mission to educate and treat patients one hernia at a ...

A stoma is an opening in your belly's wall that a surgeon makes in order for waste to leave your body if you can't have a bowel movement through your rectum. You might get one if you have surgery to ...

A woman who created her own ostomy bag covers after having bowel surgery has made more than 600 to give to others. Kimberley Swales, 44, from Yeadon, West Yorkshire, had an ostomy - where part of the ...

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There is not much good evidence about how well this procedure works or how safe it is for preventing a parastomal hernia. This procedure can be used but only when patients are having regular checks to ...