My pouch is discontinued!

[jgonino]

Hello. The pouch I’ve been using from Hollister (3274) is discontinued. I haven’t been able to find a suitable replacement. The pouch needs to be 16 inches long or longer due to the unusual placement of my stoma. Any ideas??

[Bob Webtech]

This is interesting. Hollister 3274 is a Karaya-seal pouch. I didn't think Hollister would ever discontinue their Karaya-seal products, given their base of dedicated long-time users. But they've done it now, due to unavailability of materials, as stated at https://www.hollister.com/en/karaya

In your case, it appears that the relevant issue is the length of the pouch rather than the material of the pouch seal. Unfortunately, it seems that, aside from the Karaya-seal pouches you were using, Hollister doesn't make any pouches of the length you need.

Meanwhile, some of Coloplast's high-output pouches are pretty long, so you might want to give them a call at 888-726-7872. You might also want to call Convatec at 800‐422‐8811 to see if any of their high-output pouches are long enough.

[Shamrock4806]

Can confirm Coloplast has a high output (thus longer) pouch. It has a valve at the bottom which may be difficult unless output is extremely runny. What's good about the valve is being able to connect it to a floor mounted unit this reducing nighttime bathroom visits.

Since it's a four hook system, your going to need to order their belts as well if your using one, recommended for such a large pouch anyway.

I think you'll be mostly happy with the quality of Coloplasts products, I am since trying the others, just the valve issue may be a problem so see if they have the same without the valve, a larger release Velcro opening. You could opt to cut the valve out and use a clamp too.

Good luck

[jgonino]

This is so helpful! I will order them today. Thank you!