Ben wrote:
beads wrote:
The need for a stoma depends on the site of the growth and how much bowel is removed. They aren't always necessary and those that are aren't always permanent.
Is a stoma a bowel type thing, where as a colostomy bag a bladder thing?
no...... colostomy and ileostomy bags are both for different parts of the bowel. If a bag is needed to drain urine into, for instance if the bladder is removed, it is called a urostomy bag.
both artificial - new openings are 'stoma' I think.
