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Ostomy Care

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Introduction
An ostomy is a surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening from the intestines to the outside of the body, allowing for the rerouting of effluent. This opening is known as a stoma. A stoma usually protrudes above the skin surface, appearing pink or red, moist, and round, and it lacks nerve sensations.
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Extra-Abdominal Stapler Method for Ostomy Prolapse Repair

Nehal Ninad¹, Hannah M Nemec¹, Dudley B Christie¹

¹Department of Surgery, 5225Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA, USA.

The American Surgeon

|October 13, 2021

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