Healthcare – Ostomy Association of Boston https://www.bostonoab.org Disease Information and Prevention Thu, 28 Aug 2025 13:37:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 https://www.bostonoab.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-Logo2-3-32x32.png Healthcare – Ostomy Association of Boston https://www.bostonoab.org 32 32 Otomy vs Ostomy: What’s the difference? https://www.bostonoab.org/otomy-vs-ostomy-whats-the-difference/ https://www.bostonoab.org/otomy-vs-ostomy-whats-the-difference/#respond Tue, 02 Jul 2019 22:04:21 +0000 https://www.bostonoab.org/?p=738 Are you getting confused on the use of otomy vs ostomy? Don’t worry because you aren’t alone. This is common especially if you haven’t gotten to the details of their meanings and the appropriate use. In most cases otomy has been used instead of ostomy hence a lot of confusion when dealing with the two words in writing. Although both require a medical expertise to ensure surgery safety, they are totally different in terms of the meaning and can’t be used interchangeably.

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