At Yale New Haven Hospital, our dedicated ostomy team aims to teach patients and their loved ones the importance of caring for ostomies to avoid complications and improve quality of life. Our team has expertise in supporting and educating patients, managing their supplies and treating skin care issues and associated wounds or problems to promote self-sufficiency in their ostomy care.
An ostomy, either fecal or urinary, is an artificial opening on the outside of the body created through a surgical procedure in order to redirect bowels or urine when an illness or injury make it difficult to remove waste naturally from the body.
Our team provides enterostomal (opening from a section of intestine onto the abdominal wall through which urine or stool exits the body) care and therapies to patients managing temporary or permanent fecal or urinary ostomies. Services and treatments includes preoperative counseling and care of the stoma site, post-operative stoma appliance pouching, regular follow-up care and addressing any urgent and chronic needs.
Do you have an ostomy or are considering ostomy surgery? Join our monthly support group to share and learn more about your ostomy from those living with one.
