What is "enterostomy"

n. surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine [syn: enterotomy]

An enterostomy (entero- + -stomy; ) is either (1) a surgical procedure to create a durable opening (called a stoma) through the abdominal wall into an intestine ( small intestine or large intestine) or (2) the stoma thus created. The various types of enterostomy are named according to which intestinal segment is involved; they follow in digestive order:

Enterostomy type

Intestinal segment

Notes

duodenostomy

duodenum

jejunostomy

jejunum

ileostomy

ileum

cecostomy

cecum

appendicostomy

appendix

Malone antegrade continence enema

colostomy

colon