For children with neurogenic bladder, augmentation cystoplasty (AC) is safe and effective, with low surgical and metabolic complication rates, according to a study published online Feb. 20 in ...

April 3, 2006 — Investigators successfully grew and implanted tissue-engineered autologous bladders into 7 patients needing cystoplasty, according to a report in the April 4 issue of The Lancet.

For adults with neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD) or interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS), robot-assisted laparoscopic supratrigonal cystectomy with augmentation ...

Background: The use of gastrointestinal segments as donor tissue for cystoplasty is associated with a range of complications, including metabolic disturbances, urolithiasis, increased mucus production ...

Bladder augmentation is an essential adjunct in the treatment of neurogenic bladder dysfunction in children; however, it carries with it many risks, of which both patients and their physicians must be ...

An ‘overactive bladder’ or detrusor hyper-reflexia causes symptoms of urgent need to urinate, urge incontinence, frequent urination and waking at night to urinate. One of the causes is bladder muscle ...

The cutaneous catheterizable ileocecocytoplasty is a surgery that we have found to be very successful here at University of Utah Health. In this surgery the bladder is expanded with large bowel from ...

Children with neurogenic bladder, exstrophy-epispadias complex or infravesical obstruction commonly undergo bladder augmentation. In addition, vesico-ureteric reflux (VUR) is sometimes treated by ...

Evidence-based recommendations on Laparoscopic augmentation cystoplasty (including clam cystoplasty). This involves sewing or stapling a tissue graft from a section of the small intestine (ileum), ...

Robot-assisted laparoscopic supratrigonal cystectomy with augmentation cystoplasty is feasible, with acceptable complication rates. (HealthDay News) — For adults with neurogenic lower urinary tract ...