Indonesian Ostomy Association

Indonesian Ostonomy Association (InOA) is a unit within Indonesian Cancer Foundation (YKI) that was What is OSTOMY? This leads to an inability to speak.

The word OSTOMY indicates a type of surgery that is needed to make a hole (stoma) on certain body parts. The following are the example why such surgery is performed:
1. Suffering malignancy of the larynx and must be removed, which means removal of the vocal cords as well. For that we need a hole (stoma) to assist breathing and speaking skills. In these patients, rehabilitation should be done in th

e form of training speech using digestive tract, called Talking Esophagus.
2. Suffering from gastrointestinal malignancy (colon) or the urinary tract, thus losing the ability to defecate or urinate normally. As a result, these patients should use additional tools through the stoma to collect the body wastes. Stoma creation may be temporary or permanent

There are 4 types of of OSTOMY surgery:
1. Laryngectomy (opening of the larynx)
2. Ileostomy (a hole in the small intestine)
3. Colostomy (a hole in the colon)
4. Urostomy (opening of the urinary tract)

Who is OSTOMATE? OSTOMATE are people who have had surgery to create a stoma in the body. Ostomates should know that they are entitled to receive these privileges:
1. Receive pre-surgery counseling
2. Receive counseling to discuss the exact location of stoma ("stoma sitting")
3. Have a well-constructed stoma placed at an appropriate site
4. Receive post surgery nursing care
5. Gain emotional support from others
6. Receive guidance for individual or family members
7. Receive information about all relevant supplies and products available in own country
8. Be given information about National Ostomy Association and the services and support which can be provided
9. Obtain post-hospital follow up and supervision from ET ("Enterostoma Therapy") nurse or stoma nurse
10. Receive benefit from team efforts of health care professionals

The reason why INDONESIAN OSTOMY ASSOCIATION (InOA) should be established are :
1. The number of cases for STOMA surgery is extremely increasing in Indonesia. Most of them are caused by malignancy.
2. Very limited attention to the OSTOMATE in Indonesia.