{"entity":{"id":"ostomy-support-garments","kind":"technology","name":"Ostomy belts and parastomal hernia support garments","aka":["Ostomy belt","Stoma support belt","Hernia support belt","Parastomal hernia support","Stoma support garment"],"tldr":"Belts, pants and wraps that support the tummy around a stoma, worn to hold the bag securely or to support a bulge (parastomal hernia) that can develop next to a stoma.","summary":"Ostomy belts are the largest group in Part IXC of the NHS Drug Tariff: 2,507 rows in November 2026, mostly from AMI Medical (798), Nu-Hope (551), CUI (495), Kavendor (313) and Vanilla Blush (136), with lines such as Suportx, Comfizz and Nu-Hope belts. A parastomal hernia is a bulge of bowel through the abdominal wall beside the stoma; the glossary's stoma entries describe it. Support garments are made to measure or in standard sizes and are prescribed after a stoma nurse's assessment. This record does not grade whether support garments prevent hernias.","status":"established","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"NHS Drug Tariff Part IX, November 2026 (NHSBSA, CSV)","url":"https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/2026-10/Drug%20Tariff%20Part%20IX%20November%202026.csv"}],"tags":["devices-gaps-2026-11"],"related":[],"cancers":["colorectal","rectal-cancer"],"sections":["surgery","supportive-care","devices"],"technologies":["ostomy-appliances","ostomy-skin-care-products"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":["stoma","living-with-a-stoma-bowel-cancer"],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"provenance":{"editedBy":"OnCo device gap fill (openFDA, accessdata.fda.gov, NICE, NHS Drug Tariff Part IX, FDA, maker and society pages)","editedOn":"2026-11-04"},"principle":"An elastic garment with or without a stoma opening applies even pressure over the abdominal wall around the stoma, supporting the baseplate and the muscles beside it.","strengths":["Comfort and confidence during activity","Prescribable on the NHS in many styles"],"limitations":["Prevention of hernia not established here","Fit needs specialist measurement"]},"route":"/technologies/ostomy-support-garments/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"colorectal","kind":"cancer","name":"Colorectal cancer","route":"/cancers/colorectal/"},{"id":"rectal-cancer","kind":"cancer","name":"Rectal cancer","route":"/cancers/rectal-cancer/"}],"section":[{"id":"devices","kind":"section","name":"Devices & Physical Therapies","route":"/fronts/devices/"},{"id":"supportive-care","kind":"section","name":"Supportive Care & Survivorship","route":"/fronts/supportive-care/"},{"id":"surgery","kind":"section","name":"Surgery & Interventional","route":"/fronts/surgery/"}],"technology":[{"id":"ostomy-appliances","kind":"technology","name":"Stoma bags and baseplates (one-piece, two-piece, convex, urostomy, caps and leak alerts)","route":"/technologies/ostomy-appliances/"},{"id":"ostomy-skin-care-products","kind":"technology","name":"Stoma skin protectors, seals, pastes and adhesive removers","route":"/technologies/ostomy-skin-care-products/"}],"term":[{"id":"living-with-a-stoma-bowel-cancer","kind":"term","name":"Living with a stoma after bowel cancer surgery","route":"/terms/living-with-a-stoma-bowel-cancer/"},{"id":"stoma","kind":"term","name":"Stoma (colostomy, ileostomy, urostomy)","route":"/terms/stoma/"}]}}