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Meaning of ostomía



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

ostomía
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It is a term used in medicine to describe a surgical procedure consists of making an incision or drilling ( 41 stoma; in a hollow organ. It can be in any part of the digestive system and allow the fecal matter 40 outlet; Jejunostomy, duodenostomy, Ileostomy, colostomy ) , in the urinary tract and allow urine to escape ( nephrostomy, ureterostomy, vesicostomia ) , directly into the stomach to feed the patient ( 41 Gastrostomy; the respiratory system 40 w; Tracheostomy or cricotiroidotomia, thoracostomy ).

  



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Felipe Lorenzo del Río

Medical term derived from colostomy, Gastrostomy or other - stomia, derived in turn from stoma stomatos, mouth, opening in Greek. Surgical procedure of opening of an artificial opening into some organ carrier of waste items into our body, such as stomach, some area of the bowel, bladder, or the lungs, for proper hygienic disposal.

  










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