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We describe our technique for a new form of continent urinary diversion. This reservoir includes a detubularized segment of transverse colon to provide low pressure urine storage, tunneled ureteral reimplants to prevent reflux, and a tubularized gastric segment used as a continent catheterizable efferent limb. This technique provides a new option for continent diversion in a variety of patients.
The clinical results of the first 4 patients undergoing reconstruction with the transverse colon-gastric tube urinary reservoir are presented. All patients had a minimum 1-year follow-up. All 4 patients are continent with stable or improved renal function. Two patients required reoperation. Indications as well as possible modifications of this procedure are discussed.
The clinical history of 30 patients with a total of 46 proved brushite urinary calculi was reviewed. The patients were active metabolically with 87% having a history of multiple calculi. Of the brushite stones 61% appeared hyperdense on x-ray but they had no consistent shape. Of the patients who were metabolically evaluated 82% had treatable abnormalities. Treatment with percutaneous nephrostolithotomy or ureteroscopy and ureteral lithotripsy was 92% successful in rendering the patient stone-free, whereas, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy monotherapy resulted in a stone-free rate of only 11%. Brushite stone patients require aggressive treatment, full metabolic evaluation and close clinical followup.
A 62-year-old white man had diffuse transitional cell carcinoma of a right ureteral stump 2 1/2 years after initial transurethral resection of a bladder tumor and right radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma. This case and review of the literature suggest an indication for complete ureterectomy in nephrectomy candidates with prior or concurrent transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder.
Twenty prepubescent rats underwent microsurgical gastrocystoplasty by a technique which is described. An equal number of control rats had their bladders opened and closed. Rats were sacrificed at 16 to 18 months postoperatively. There were no differences in final weight, serum electrolytes, or renal function between the two groups. Prominent histopathologic changes of the bladder occurred in the gastrocystoplasty group. These changes included papillomas present in five of the 15 rats surviving long term. No significant changes occurred in the bladders of the control group of rats. Possible etiologies and the significance of the rats. Possible etiologies and the significance of the gastrocystoplasty related lesions are discussed.