Urostomy
Definition
Urostomy is a surgical procedure that creates an opening (stoma) in the abdominal wall through which urine leaves the body.
Purpose
Doctors perform urostomy when a patient has bladder cancer, spinal cord injury, specific types of birth defects, or when the bladder is not functioning properly and must be removed.
Precautions
In an individual who is obese or who has folds in the skin or scars in the abdominal wall, an internal collection sac (reservoir) the patient can empty (catheterize) works better than a passage that lets urine flow out of the...
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