There are many reasons that lead to an ostomy to bring stool and gas out of the body without passing through the rectum. Patients with colon and rectal cancer in advanced and/or complicated stages require colostomy.

Laparoscopic colostomy is performed to create an opening of the ileum or colon outside the abdominal wall, so that stool will move from the intestines through this opening to exit, instead of through the real anus. The colostomy can be used permanently or temporarily.

Laparoscopic colostomy has many advantages over traditional surgery. Although it is not a difficult technique, colostomy surgery must be performed with extreme caution, because the patients undergoing surgery are often in the final stages of cancer, with weak and exhausted bodies.