You can have surgery to reverse your colostomy or ileostomy. It's called an ostomy reversal. Your surgeon will sew the ends of your intestine (bowel) back together. This surgery "reverses" your ...

In some cases, a colostomy might be reversed, such as with an accident or injury, a fistula, diverticulitis, congenital conditions, or some types of cancer. After treatment or healing, a reversal ...

Nancy Kemeny, MD (cont.) So I think the concept of colostomy is not as bad as it usually is. In some patients, where there is an emergency operation and then they put a colostomy right in the ...

An ostomy is a surgically created opening on your abdomen to drain stool. It is the end of the intestine that can be seen on the skin of your belly. There are two types of ostomies: ileostomy and ...