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Complications of the Heitz-Boyer urinary diversion: case report of late development of malignancy
T H Phillips1, M L Ritchey, C D Dunn
1Department of Urology, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The Journal of Urology
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
We report on 3 patients with bladder exstrophy followed for more than 15 years after having undergone Heitz-Boyer urinary diversion. One patient had adenocarcinoma at the ureterocolonic anastomoses 16 years after diversion. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of a malignancy developing after a Heitz-Boyer procedure. The other 2 patients had significant problems with urinary incontinence and recurrent urinary tract infections. Initial success with this form of urinary diversion can be followed by significant long-term complications.