Patients undergoing abdominal surgery for ostomy placement have high rates of hospital readmissions and emergency department visits—often involving ostomy-related complications, reports a study in the ...

What, you may wonder, is a wound, ostomy, continence, foot care nurse? Most people who ask what I do have had some type of experience with wound care, even if only an accidental cut, scrape or burn.

Roughly one-third of colorectal cancer survivors require temporary or permanent ostomy formation, making perioperative counseling and survivorship planning central to long-term quality-of-life ...

An ostomy is a surgery that creates a hole to allow stool (poop) or urine (pee) to leave your body through your belly. It’s a new exit route for waste if you can’t poop or pee the way you usually ...