title: Choosing the correct stoma appliance.
abstract: Surgery to the bowel or bladder that results in a stoma, whether temporary or permanent, is designed to improve the patient's current situation in removing disease, reducing pain and improving health. Adaptation to a stoma is assisted by selection of the most appropriate appliance. Today there is an extensive array of stoma appliances available in the Drug Tariff, but many health-care professionals will have little knowledge of what to prescribe for the stoma patient. This article will look at choosing the correct appliance for the patient with a bowel or bladder stoma.
authors.affiliation: Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust, Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK.
authors.forename: Pat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Black
mesh_terms: D003125:Colostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011182:Postoperative Care