A urostomy is a surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening in the abdominal wall, called a stoma, to reroute urine flow. A stoma may be necessary when the bladder is diseased or does not ...

A continent urostomy is a type of urinary diversion surgery that may be recommended in cases where your bladder isn’t functioning normally due to injury or disease. Unlike other types of urostomies, ...

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The field of continent catheterisable channels and urinary diversion techniques has evolved considerably over recent decades. These techniques, which facilitate bladder drainage through a surgically ...

Purpose. The postsurgical use of N-acetylcysteine, octreotide, and other agents to reduce mucus accumulation after urinary diversion procedures is described. Conclusion. Various agents evaluated for ...

Efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy in patients with high-risk UTUC. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does ...

Credit: Getty Images In a study, approximately half of patients with and without stage 3a CKD maintained their renal function after orthotopic neobladder formation. Long-term kidney function appears ...

Bernard H. Bochner, MD, FACS, Urologic Surgeon, Sir Murray F. Brennan Chair in Surgery, in discussion with a patient. A large cohort of patients with high-risk bladder cancer who underwent radical ...

A urostomy is an abdominal wall opening that allows urine to leave the body through a stoma. A nephrostomy is a temporary tube to drain urine directly from one or both kidneys. A urostomy takes the ...

Study findings support radical cystectomy as the gold standard therapy for high-risk bladder cancer. New findings provide strong evidence that radical cystectomy (RC), when performed at a high-volume ...