A simplified procedure for creating a urinary conduit in patients with a colostomy

Oncol Rep. 1999 Mar-Apr;6(2):451-3. doi: 10.3892/or.6.2.451.

Abstract

A simplified procedure for constructing a urinary conduit is described in patients who have already undergone fecal diversion with colostomy. Two patients are described in whom this method was utilized to create a urinary conduit without the need for an intestinal anastomosis. This procedure is especially suited to high-risk surgical candidates with comorbid medical conditions, multiple previous surgical procedures or prior pelvic radiotherapy in whom avoiding an intestinal anastomosis can significantly reduce postoperative morbidity. This simplified method for creating a urinary conduit is described in two patients and discussed as related to alternative methods for establishing supravesicular urinary diversion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Colonic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Colostomy*
  • Cutaneous Fistula / surgery
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / complications
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Rectal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Ureter / surgery
  • Urinary Diversion / methods*
  • Urinary Fistula / surgery
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / surgery