A continent urostomy is a type of urinary diversion surgery that may be recommended in cases where your bladder isn’t functioning normally due to injury or disease. Unlike other types of urostomies, ...

A urostomy bag and a catheter are two different devices that can help drain and collect urine from your body. A urostomy is often permanent, whereas a catheter is not. If you have certain medical ...

When a surgeon removes all or part of the bladder, they create a new channel to allow urine to drain from the body. This type of surgery is called an ileal conduit. After surgery, a person will live ...

Several urostomy pouch systems are available, each with unique features and benefits. One-piece and two-piece urostomy bags are the most common, but drainable and closed-end pouches are also available ...

A person who has undergone an ileostomy, colostomy, or urinary ostomy may require an ostomy bag following the procedure. Medicare considers ostomy bags and related supplies to be prosthetic devices.

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The wound and ostomy center at CHI Health St. Francis treats newborns all the way to centenarians. The infants might have wounds from a congenital abnormality, or suffer from hard-to-treat diaper rash ...