WELLSVILLE — Jones Memorial Hospital announced that registered nurse Ailie Smithers, BSN, is now nationally board-certified ...

Also called a K-pouch, a continent ileostomy is a connection of the end of the small intestine, called the ileum, to the skin of your abdomen. A surgeon makes it so that waste can leave your body ...

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Ileostomy Surgery: In ileostomy surgery, part or all of the large intestine (colon) is removed, and the stoma is created from the small intestine. Just as with a colostomy, an external appliance is ...

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This is to give the bowel time to heal. An ileostomy is an opening (stoma) of the small bowel (ileum) onto the surface of the tummy (abdomen). A colostomy is an opening (stoma) of the large bowel ...