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What is an ostomy?
An ostomy is the result, when surgery is required on a person who has lost the normal function of the bowel or bladder due to birth defects, injury or disease. The ostomy allows body waste to be expelled through a surgical opening in the abdominal wall into an appliance that is designed for that purpose.
Local Ostomy Supplies is part of HME Providers' nationwide network of Home Medical Equipment Providers, and gives you the opportunity to shop for Ostomy products for Colostomy, Ileostomy and Urostomy online from a store near you! Our network of providers sell Ostomy products from top manufacturers like Hollister, Convatec, Coloplast and more.
So, why buy your ostomy products from your local HME Provider Dealer??
- Customer Service
- Convenience
- Education
- Online Purchasing with Direct Home Delivery
- and more importantly, they are Your Local Dealer
For more information please type in your ZIP code, to be referred to your local ostomy dealer.
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Colostomy and Ileostomy pouches can be either open-ended, requiring a closing device usually called a clamp or tail clip; or closed and sealed at the bottom. Open-ended pouches are called drainable and are left attached to the body while emptying. Most commonly, closed end pouches are used by colostomates who can irrigate or by patients who have regular elimination patterns. Closed end pouches are usually discarded after one use.
Two-piece systems consist of a separate flange and pouch. The pouch contains a closing ring which mechanically attaches to a mating piece on the flange. The most common closure is a pressure fit snap ring, very similar to that used in Tupperware™.
One-piece systems are those in which the wafer and pouch are assembled together in one piece and do not separate.
Both two-piece and one-piece pouches can be either drainable or sealed.
Some colostomates can "irrigate," using a procedure similar to an enema. This is done to clean stool directly out of the colon through the stoma. This requires a special irrigation system, consisting of an irrigation bag with a connecting tube (or catheter), a stoma cone and an irrigation sleeve. A special lubricant is sometimes used on the stoma in preparation for irrigation. Following irrigation, some colostomates can use a stoma cap, a one or two-piece system which simply covers and protects the stoma. This procedure is usually done to avoid the need to wear a pouch.
Urostomates can use either one or two piece systems. However, these systems also contain a special valve or spout which adapts to either a leg bag or to a night drain tube connecting to a special drainable bag or bottle.
Remember, the best place to purchase your ostomy products is from a local supplier in your home town. Just enter your ZIP code to be taken to an ostomy supplier in your area.
Excerpts above taken from the website of United Ostomy Association www.uoa.org
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Drainable Pouch
from Hollister |
2-Piece Ostomy System
from Convatec |
One-Piece Pouch System
from Hollister |
Synergy Closed Pouch
from Convatec |
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