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Colocystoplasty: Bladder Replacement after Total Cystectomy
Author(s) -
Bruce Peter T.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1973.tb05701.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ureterosigmoidostomy , urinary diversion , cystectomy , rectum , ileum , sigmoid colon , surgery , urinary bladder , vagina , pouch , general surgery , stomach , bladder cancer , cancer
The formation of an artificial bladder has exercised the minds of surgeons for nearly a century. A segment of ileum or colon, the caecum, the rectum, the vagina and part of the stomach have all been used with varying success. An alternative to the present‐day accepted method of urinary diversion (ileal conduit or ureterosigmoidostomy) is presented in a series of ten cases, operated on over a five‐year period. The clinical details, complications and results of colocystoplastay are analysed. This feasibility study gives the impression that the operation is worth‐while and that it probably represents the most physiological replacement of the bladder to date