The cutaneous catheterizable ileocecocytoplasty is a surgery that we have found to be very successful here at University of Utah Health. In this surgery the bladder is expanded with large bowel from ...

Bladder augmentation is an essential adjunct in the treatment of neurogenic bladder dysfunction in children; however, it carries with it many risks, of which both patients and their physicians must be ...

An ‘overactive bladder’ or detrusor hyper-reflexia causes symptoms of urgent need to urinate, urge incontinence, frequent urination and waking at night to urinate. One of the causes is bladder muscle ...

Background: The use of gastrointestinal segments as donor tissue for cystoplasty is associated with a range of complications, including metabolic disturbances, urolithiasis, increased mucus production ...

Robot-assisted laparoscopic supratrigonal cystectomy with augmentation cystoplasty is feasible, with acceptable complication rates. (HealthDay News) — For adults with neurogenic lower urinary tract ...

Background A 49-year old man initially underwent clam ileocystoplasty 14 years ago. A revision of this original procedure was required 11 years ago for intractable detrusor overactivity secondary to ...

Urologists at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital are studying whether a neo-bladder construct grown from a patient’s own cells can improve bladder function for adult spinal cord injury patients.

Evidence-based recommendations on Laparoscopic augmentation cystoplasty (including clam cystoplasty). This involves sewing or stapling a tissue graft from a section of the small intestine (ileum), ...

Oral pharmacotherapy, alone or combined with CISC, allows for adequate symptomatic control in the majority of patients with neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction, while protecting the upper ...