Where will ureterostomy sites located?

• A. One stoma site on the right
• B. Two stoma sites- one for each ureter
• C. Two stoma sites on the right
• D. One stoma site on the left

Answer: (B)

Two stoma sites—one for each ureter—reflects how ureterostomy is typically done. Each ureter carries urine from a kidney, so they’re brought to the skin as separate openings to ensure independent, unobstructed drainage from both kidneys. Having a stoma for each ureter avoids creating a single drainage point that could become a bottleneck or complicate drainage if one ureter has issues. Placement is usually on opposite sides of the abdomen to accommodate each ureter's course, but the key idea is that there are two distinct stomas, one for each ureter.