Open AccessUrinary Tract Refunctionalization After Prior Diversion in Children
Author(s) -
W. Hardy Hendren
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-197410000-00015
Subject(s) - medicine , urinary system , urinary diversion , cystectomy , bladder cancer , cancer
Thirty-two children who had undergone previous urinary diversion were operated upon to refunctionalize the bladder. In 24 the diversion had been considered permanent, and in eight, temporary. Success in these procedures suggests that many young patients deserve a second look for possible "undiversion."