Since its initial public offering, Convatec has followed a familiar playbook to press its advantage in advanced wound care and to enhance its ostomy business. By and large, we like Convatec’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Advocates for breast cancer survivors and people who have had ostomy surgeries, such as colostomies, are calling for changes to the way an Ontario program covers certain medical devices ...

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 ...

A colostomy is a type of ostomy surgery. Ostomy describes any surgery where an opening is made from an internal organ to the body's surface. In a colostomy, the opening is made from the colon (or ...