These operations aren’t common and are usually only offered to people who have more than one cancer in their bowel or who have a genetic condition, such as familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) or ...

Eating with my family was a source of joy and pleasure until illness ravaged my digestive system. After my stoma was fitted, everything tasted amazing again Growing up, I always loved food. On Sundays ...

Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you in the area. A SEATON woman has been working with the East Devon District Council to make disabled public toilets across the South West Stoma ...

A call for clarity: a scoping review of predictors of poor outcome after emergency abdominal surgery for inflammatory bowel disease. A systematic review of female sexual function after surgery for ...

A man who said he couldn't get out of bed for months and was too scared to use public transport has beaten his debilitating illness thanks to life-changing surgery at Epsom hospital. Liam Silvester, ...

Some of the images from the colostomy girls calendar (Picture: Mercury Press) You might have heard of The Calendar Girls but 2020 is all about the colostomy girls. A group of 14 women aged 20 to 53 ...

High output ileostomies are important complications of stoma formation following bowel surgery. Adequate management of such stomas might prevent severe morbidity and mortality when this potentially ...

Cerebral vein thrombosis is a known complication of active ulcerative colitis. It is generally believed that panproctocolectomy ameliorates the thromboembolic and other systemic complications of ...

Background A 13-year-old girl presented with rectal bleeding and was found to have two colonic carcinomas (stage Dukes' C) and multiple colonic polyps. At the age of 7 years she had widespread ...