title: Colostomy irrigation: are we offering it enough?
abstract: This article discusses the use of irrigation for suitable colostomists and reasons why it can have a very positive effect on lifestyle. While it is evidence-based it also includes anecdotal tips from patients who irrigate. The suitability of patients to irrigate and ways to 'get started' with irrigation are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals.
authors.forename: Fran
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Woodhouse
mesh_terms: D003125:Colostomy / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D054047:Surgical Stomas; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000379:methods*