Ileal neobladder for women with interstitial cystitis

Bladder substitution by ileal neobladder for women with interstitial cystitis.

OBJECTIVE To report our experience with cystectomy and ileal neobladder for women with interstitial cystitis (IC). MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-five female patients treated during 2000-2005 with the mean age of 45.9 +/- 4.4 years were included in this study. All of them had experience suprapubic pain with irritative voiding symptoms and were diagnosed as having IC based on NIDDK criteria for ...

Cystoprostatectomy with Ileal Neobladder for Treatment of Severe Cystitis Glandularis in an Aids Patient

I Department of Urology, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo – São Paulo/SP, Brazil. II Department of General Surgery, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo – São Paulo/SP, Brazil. III Department of Pathology, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo – São Paulo/SP, Brazil. Phone: 55 11 94...

Treatment of interstitial cystitis in women.

Interstitial cystitis (IC) has been described as a chronic debilitating sterile inflammatory multifactorial bladder syndrome of unknown etiology. IC is characterized by bladder pain (or suprapubic pain) associated with urgency, urinary frequency, and nocturia. Because the pathogenesis of IC remains unclear, it is still an enigma and represents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The diagnos...

Ileal Neobladder and Its Variants

Orthotopic neobladder substitution represents an important step in the evolution of urinary diversion. It is now considered the diversion of choice for themajority of patients, bothmale and female, who undergo cystectomy and is the procedurewith which other types of diversion must be compared. Nevertheless, in the preoperative setting, all options for urinary diversion should be explained compr...

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