Stoma Examination
摘要
The word ostomy, derived from the Latin word ostium, means mouth or opening. In surgical anatomy, a stoma is any artificial opening in any hollow viscus in the body. The most commonly created stomas are ileostomies and colostomies, which are formed for a wide range of indications and may be temporary or permanent. The first recorded surgical ileostomy was created in 1879 by a German Surgeon, Dr. Baum, to decompress an obstructing caecal adenocarcinoma.