You can have surgery to reverse your colostomy or ileostomy. It's called an ostomy reversal. Your surgeon will sew the ends of your intestine (bowel) back together. This surgery "reverses" your ...

When an ileostomy is temporary, another surgery might be done to restore the bowel, called a reversal. If the colon is intact and heals, the ileostomy might be reversed. This may occur in cases of ...

Keiran had his first stoma operation in May last year, while he needed a second surgery in December to completely remove his colon after complications continued. Despite his fears around such a ...

You may still be able to pass stool through your anus if your stoma is reversed. The reversal surgery is done later. You'll get this second surgery after a few months. You'll first need to ...

Ms Penrice, who has had chemotherapy and a stoma reversal, is preparing to run a ... suddenly perforated and she underwent life-saving surgery. She cared for her baby while recuperating on the ...

suffered a perforated bowel and received emergency surgery to remove the tumour and fit a stoma. Three years on, after chemotherapy, a stoma reversal and lots of support from her loved ones ...