Additional experience with continent urinary diversion using cutaneous ileocecocystoplasty

We have used the technique of ileocecocystoplasty with a cutaneous continent catheterizable limb to incorporate native bladder into the urinary reservoir to treat patients with functional and anatomic bladder disorders. This review was performed to evaluate the outcome of the first 8 patients who underwent this procedure.

A retrospective analysis was performed by chart review and telephone interview. Patients' preoperative and postoperative bladder status and management, satisfaction rating, and renal function are reported.

Follow-up of 9 to 64 months (mean, 33.9) in our first 8 patients reveals excellent results in all, including 1 patient who prefers an indwelling catheter due to progressive neuromuscular disability.

Cutaneous ileocecocystoplasty offers urologists and patients continent urinary diversion with minimal morbidity and is a much less extensive procedure than complete bladder replacement.