- Enterostomy
- A surgical operation that opens the small intestine and brings it through the abdominal wall to create a new opening (a stoma) to permit intestinal draining. Like a colostomy, an enterostomy is a type of ostomy.
* * *A connection between segments of the intestine or a fistula into the intestine through the abdominal wall. [entero- + G. stoma, mouth]- double e. e. in which both proximal and distal openings of divided intestine are sutured to the abdomen wall.
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en·ter·os·to·my .ent-ə-'räs-tə-mē n, pl -mies a surgical formation of an opening into the intestine through the abdominal wallen·ter·os·to·mal -tə-məl adj* * *
n.an operation in which the small intestine is brought through the abdominal wall and opened (see duodenostomy, jejunostomy, ileostomy) or is joined to the stomach (gastroenterostomy) or to another loop of small intestine (enteroenterostomy).* * *
en·ter·os·to·my (en″tər-osґtə-me) [entero- + -stomy] 1. the formation of a permanent opening into the intestine through the abdominal wall, usually by surgical means. 2. the opening so created.Ileostomy, a type of enterostomy, with inset showing in cross-section the protrusion of the everted ileal terminus through the abdominal wall, forming the stoma.
Medical dictionary. 2011.