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Urinary diversion and reconstruction
R Stein1, J Fichtner, J W Thüroff
1Department of Urology, University of Mainz, School of Medicine, Germany. Stein@urologie.klinik.uni-mainz.de
Current Opinion in Urology
|September 27, 2000
Abstract:
Orthotopic bladder augmentation and substitution has been established as the standard procedure for urinary diversion in many institutions, with current studies reporting mainly on continence rates and procedure-associated complications, such as the risk of impairment of neobladder function by local tumor recurrences in the small pelvis. Similarly, in other types of continent diversion, such as continent cutaneous diversion and rectal reservoirs, current interest is primarily directed towards minimization of surgery-associated complications.