colostomy surgery

Colostomy Surgery

Bowel diversion surgery, is the common name by which colostomy surgery is referred to. This procedure is either temporary or permanent depending on the nature of the patient’s disease. Individuals suffering from cancer of the colon, abnormality at birth, trauma, rectal cancer or Crohn’s disease are advised a colostomy. This is usually advised when the pain and discomfort of the patient is so severe and the only choice left is an ostomy. The patient is always in a better position both mentally as well as physically post a colostomy, most patients are advised to use a pouching system for waste to be collected and are fitted with a colostomy bag.  

Once the patient has undergone a colostomy, a colostomy bag or pouch is snugly fitted onto the stoma, or the surgical opening that is made onto the abdominal wall of the patient, and its care is extremely important. The pouching system, or the colostomy bag is required to be emptied at regular intervals, depending upon the collection of waste. One should exercise extreme caution with its care, by rinsing it with warm water, using an alcohol-free baby soap, never forgetting to use a disinfectant. This procedure, is to be followed every time the bag is drained. There may be instances again dependant on the situation where the need to change the pouching system may occur.

An ileostomy is an ostomy performed as body waste is unable to leave the body through the anus and rectum. Patients who are suffering from cancer, Crohn’s disease or an irritable bowel syndrome where the intestines are unable to work properly undergo an ileostomy. Advise on the best appliance to be used will be provided by your surgeon depending on the surgery. An ileostomy bag or pouch is recommended post an ileostomy. This pouching system can be procured from a chemist and is also available online. The bag is then attached on to the stoma or the surgically created opening that aids in collecting intestinal waste.

Any surgery when advised is both depressing and worrisome for the patient as well as their near and dear. An ostomy will attract the same fear. Let us inform you that that there are three types of ostomy namely, Ileostomy and urostomy and colostomy. In the case of all these ostomies a stoma is created surgically, to which an ostomy bag or a pouch resembling a bag is fitted, for the collection of waste. In almost all the cases there is a huge relief that the patient faces post-surgery when compared to all the pain and discomfort the disease caused them.

An urostomy bag is yet another pouching appliance that is commonly used. Surgeons advice patients who have undergone an urostomy to wear this. This surgery involves a procedure where urine is passed out of the body through a surgical opening or stoma. Like any other surgery, it is imperative for post-operative care to be taken. With the several bodily changes that the patient goes through post-surgery, it is but natural that the patient will require adequate healing time to adapt to the new way of life. The patient will then need to learn to accept and handle the ostomy as well as the appliance that it requires to be worn always.

According to the nature of the ostomy, and in the case of a colostomy, the patient is advised to use a bag or pouching system. Is it available in India? If yes, what then is a colostomy bag price in India? What must be kept in mind, is the fact that the cost of a pouching system can and does vary, as it is dependent on the surgery. Colostomy bags or pouches are available, ranging from as low as Rs.500 up to as high as Rs.7000. These pouches/bags can be procured bought online as well. The bag should be rinsed and cleaned often, or at regular intervals for hygiene.

An ostomy, is a surgery conducted to construct an opening or stoma as it is commonly referred to, on the abdominal wall, for the collection of waste. There are very many medical conditions that require an ostomy, be it cancer, trauma, defective bowel system during birth, or Crohn’s disease to name a few. A pouching system is advised depending on the surgery, where the patient’s discomfort upon usage will be practically zero. Once the bag is fitted, it can be concealed using appropriate clothing. The pouching system will have to be drained and cleaned at regular intervals, depending upon waste collection.

An opening created surgically on an individual’s abdomen is called a stoma. People of all ages can have a stoma. There are various medical reasons for the creation of a stoma. Patients are asked to go in for a surgery, as the last resort in cases Cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticular disease or a defect by birth. It is of extreme importance that appropriate stoma care is taken post the surgery. The stoma is moist and pink in most cases, resembling the inside of a mouth. A stoma is mostly swollen, but will gradually reduce over a period of six to eight weeks. There will be no sensation on touch, as the stoma does not possess any nerves.

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