Patients in Somerset are the first in England to be allowed to go home on the same day as having major surgery to remove a stoma bag. This means they are able to start going to the toilet again much ...

More than 176,000 people in the UK are living with a stoma, according to NHS data Coloplast has announced the launch of its world-first digital leakage notification system, Heylo, to benefit patients ...

Patients can be reassured that delays in stoma reversal surgery do not affect long-term outcomes according to research funded by Bowel Cancer UK and North West Cancer Research. The Lancaster ...

Half of elderly rectal cancer patients who undergo low anterior resection (LAR) do not have stoma reversal surgery within 18 months, show US data. Elderly patients were also more likely than younger ...