Intestinal plastic repair for urinary bladder cancer

Abstract

The results of surgical treatment of 79 patients with invasive bladder cancer treated with radical cystectomy with continent urinary diversion (ileal neobladder) between 1997 and 2005 were analyzed. The incidence of early and late complications was 12.7 and 15.5%, respectively; postoperative mortality was 2.5%. The reservoir volume was 250—300, 400—450, and 500—600 ml 3, 6, and 12 months after surgery, respectively. Spontaneous urination and day time continence was restored in 100%; partial nocturnal incontinence was noted in 11.7% of the patients. In the vast majority of cases, renal function was not impaired or improved. Thus, radical cystectomy with bladder substitution with low-pressure ileal reservoirs with anti-reflux ureteric implantation is the method of choice in treating invasive bladder cancer.