LIBERTYVILLE, Ill., Jan. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Hollister Incorporated, a global medical device manufacturer, today announced that its ADVOCATE ...

Clinical Importance . The high incidence of peristomal skin disorders eventually affects the patient's quality of life and recovery from surgery and can even result in a higher cost of care due to ...

An estimated 800,000 Americans live with an ostomy, with up to 80 percent experiencing high rates of peristomal skin complications (PSCs) -- skin inflammation, injury, or damage occurring around ...

Using an ostomy skin barrier infused with ceramide resulted in lower costs and improved satisfaction for patients, according to a study published in the Journal of Wound, Continence and Ostomy ...

Ostomy patients using a new type of skin barrier product -- infused with ceramides that play an essential role in the normal barrier function of the skin -- experience lower costs of care ...

Ostomy patients using a new type of skin barrier product--infused with ceramides that play an essential role in the normal barrier function of the skin--experience lower costs of care, according ...

The preliminary results observed in this study, conducted in routine care, show that utilizing this unique skin barrier technology can improve peristomal skin issues and prevent their occurrence.” The ...

Because a flush stoma is flat and even with the skin level, effluent (stool and urine) can become caught under the wafer, causing persistent leakage, erosion of the skin barrier, shortened wear ...

Seborrheic dermatitis can be a preexisting condition involving the scalp, neck, and chest, along with the peristomal skin. A summary of the possible differential diagnoses or peristomal dermatoses ...