Plural of cystostomy; surgical procedures creating an opening from the bladder to the skin surface for urine drainage.
From Greek 'kystis' (bladder) + 'stoma' (mouth/opening) + '-ies' (plural). A surgical procedure developed in modern medicine to bypass normal urination when necessary.
Cystostomies are surgically created 'mouths' in the bladder that lead to the outside of the body—essentially giving patients an alternative route for urine drainage when normal pathways are blocked or dangerous. It's literally creating an alternative road around a medical problem!
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