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Closed intestine after successful whipple

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Mar 21 10:34am | Replies (5)
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He is currently in the hospital getting TPN to boost his blood before surgery scheduled for March 23. What is a stoma?

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Mar 20 2:30pm

@rperry123, I wish both of you the best outcome for surgery.

A stoma is an opening on the surface of the abdomen surgically created to divert the flow of faeces or urine, like a colostomy (opening from the colon) or an illeostomy (from the small intestine).

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