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TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week agoIt’s finger/thumb rectangle/square situation.
Not all people with a colostomy bag have their anus sewn shut, but everyone with their anus sewn shut have a colostomy bag.
In cases like having an abdominoperineal resection for colorectal cancer, the rectum is sometimes removed and the anus sewn shut
leisesprecher@feddit.org 1 week ago
Wait, so some people just have a dangling piece of colon attached to nothing but their anus?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It’s often still connected to the ostomy. That would be called a loop stoma (ileo-/colostomy, I don’t know about urostomies tho) the below diagram is a loop colostomy
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