Gastrocystoplasty in a woman with radiation-induced ureteral obstruction and low-compliance bladder

Urol Int. 1998 Oct;61(1):55-7. doi: 10.1159/000030288.

Abstract

A 56-year-old woman presented with bilateral hydronephrosis and moderate renal insufficiency. A diagnosis of bilateral ureteral obstruction and low-compliance bladder following pelvic irradiation was made by urological examinations. She underwent gastrocystoplasty to facilitate bilateral ureteral reimplantation with an uneventful postoperative course. We consider that the use of the stomach to reconstruct the urinary tract injured by pelvic irradiation is valuable to avoid an abdominal urinary stoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Compliance
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures*
  • Radiation Injuries / surgery*
  • Stomach / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ureteral Obstruction / etiology
  • Ureteral Obstruction / surgery*
  • Urinary Bladder / physiology
  • Urinary Bladder / radiation effects
  • Urinary Bladder / surgery*
  • Urography