Background Peritoneal metastasis is the most common metastasis pattern of gastric cancer. Patients with gastric cancer ...

Some people who undergo surgery, particularly gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy, experience alcohol use disorders in the years after surgery. There is speculation that the procedures alter how the ...

A stoma-friendly toilet has been installed at a railway station to improve accessibility. The facility at Middlesbrough station now has a shelf, hooks and a back rest to meet Colostomy UK ...

A young boy who was able to accept having a stoma after being given a cuddly toy is raising money to help other children in the same situation. Riley, aged six, from Melksham, had the stoma - a ...

The FDA has approved Astellas’s zolbetuximab (Vyloy) for HER2-negative, claudin-18.2 (CLDN18.2)-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinomas. It is the first CLDN18.2 ...

A stoma is a hole (opening) made in the skin in front of your neck to allow you to breathe. It is at the base of your neck. Through this hole, air enters and leaves your windpipe (trachea) and lungs.

A breathing stoma is a hole in your neck that you breathe through after surgery to your larynx. You might have a temporary stoma or a permanent stoma. Coping with breathing through a hole in your neck ...

In a colostomy, the doctor brings the end of your colon (large intestine) through an opening in your belly to form what's called a "stoma." This is where your poop will come out. Unlike your anus ...

One end of the colon is passed through a small hole in the abdominal wall. This small section of intestine, called a stoma when it's outside the body, allows for waste to leave the body from the colon ...

Univariate analysis showed that age, thickness of subcutaneous abdominal fat, BMI, and stoma pathway were related to the formation of post-surgical parastomal hernia (P < 0.05). Two element logistic ...

In general, a stomal output >2 l/day is likely to result in dehydration, and sodium and magnesium depletion. Knowledge of the remaining small-bowel length can be used to predict the clinical outcome.