The urine is collected in a bag worn outside the body, called a urostomy bag, or drained with a catheter. A specialized nurse, known as an ostomy nurse, will show you how to care for your stoma ...

Colostomy. A colostomy is an opening that connects the large bowel, or colon, to the skin. The stool draining from a colostomy will be pasty. Ostomy pouch. An ostomy pouch is the bag that collects the ...