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Consultant colorectal surgeon, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Nottingham University Hospitals
Anatomically, a stoma is simply an opening in the body between the skin and a hollow viscus. Common types of intestinal stomas are colostomies and ileostomies. Colostomies are formed from the colon...
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