Talk:Colostomy

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[edit] Removed

Removed a large portion of recently added "how to" care for ostomies, etc. This material had no ref, and was largely based on image and perception. This type of information while potentially useful for someone with an ostomy does not have relevance to this article, this type of info is readily available from the links/reference section of the article.

I believe that the link to MeetAnOstoMate.com should be re-inserted. This is a website for ostomates from around the world. It is intended to help ostomates find friends and/or start relationships. I think the link would be an appropriate addition to the topic of this article and useful for the readers.

I understand the desire to offer a resource helpful to people with ostomies, but Wikipedia's guildlines don't allow such entries. Here are four Wikipedia unexceptable external link guidlines that might apply:

  • Links mainly intended to promote a website.
  • Links to sites that primarily exist to sell products or services. For example, instead of linking to a commercial bookstore site, use the "ISBN" linking format, giving readers an opportunity to search a wide variety of free and non-free book sources.
  • Links to sites that require payment or registration to view the relevant content.
  • Links to social networking sites (such as MySpace), discussion forums or USENET.

DCwom 14:08, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

I think support groups are completely appropriate for an encyclopedia article. The article should contain information about dealing with colostomies. I agree it should not use language targetted at those with colostomies (e.g. "to change your colostomy bag") but this information is pertinent for people looking up this page on the internet who either have one, or want to know what it's like. Tristanb 11:25, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
I think that this particular social networking site is a poor choice for this article. I'd probably support a link to a major charity that happens to have a chat board, but MeetAnOstoMate.com is basically a dating service for colostomy patients. (Did you actually go to the website and click the Advanced Search option? How many bona fide patient support groups let you search for people based on their sexual orientation, marital status, age, eye color, and body type?). I realize that Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia, but imagine your reaction if you found a link to that website in Encyclopedia Brittanica. I bet you'd be thinking that it was a joke perpetrated by the printers instead of a normal, reasonable part of an encyclopedia article. WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:42, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Closure of colostomy with re-anastomoses

A helpful addition could be that some colostomies are temporary (such as mentioned in the text) and require certain criteria before reanastomoses can be considered (example: the colour of the feaces, ect.). If someone can add these criteria in a well structured manner, it would be very helpful. 198.54.202.250 21:30, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge with ileostomy

How about mergin this article, ileostomy and cecostomy into intestinal stoma. Much of the information overlaps both articles. I can start it, but wanted to know what others thought first. Tristanb 01:12, 25 April 2007 (UTC)


No merge - Colostomies, and ileostomies share some common characteristics, but I'd rather see the two articals diverge with each becoming more descriptive than they are now. As for "intestinal stoma" I can guess the meaning, but is it a real medical description? DCwom 12:35, 25 April 2007 (UTC)