| Stoma Surgery Stoma surgery could be required when all or part of colon (large intestine) is removed as a result of inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease. Stoma is a bud like structure created when the opening of the bowel is stitched to the skin of the abdomen. A bag is then be connected to the stoma to have the waste collected. When the surgical procedure for inflammation bowel diseases involves the large intestine (colon), the stoma surgery is called colostomy; when the small intestine is involved (ileum), it is called ileostomy. |
