Enterostomy

An enterostomy (entero- + -stomy; /ɛntərˈɒstmi/) is either (1) a surgical procedure to create a durable opening (called a stoma) through the abdominal wall into an intestine (small intestine or large intestine) or (2) the stoma thus created. The various types of enterostomy are named according to which intestinal segment is involved; they follow in digestive order:

Enterostomy type Intestinal segment Notes
duodenostomy duodenum  
jejunostomy jejunum  
ileostomy ileum  
cecostomy cecum  
appendicostomy appendix Malone antegrade continence enema
colostomy colon  

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