augmentation cystoplasty

cystoplasty

 [sis´to-plas″te] plastic surgery of the bladder, usually referring to some type of augmentation cystoplasty.augmentation cystoplasty enlargement of the bladder by grafting to it a detached segment of intestine (enterocystoplasty) or stomach (gastrocystoplasty). Called also bladder augmentation.sigmoid cystoplasty cystoplasty" >augmentation cystoplasty using an isolated segment of the sigmoid colon for the graft.

augmentation cystoplasty

Reconstructive surgery in which a segment of the bowel is removed and used to replace part of a diseased urinary bladder in patients with low bladder capacity or detrusor compliance, resulting in severe urgency, frequency, incontinence, recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs), pyelonephritis, or progressive renal insufficiency.
Complications
Bowel obstruction, blood clots, infection, pneumonia, urinary fistulae, UTI, difficulty urinating and, rarely, tumours.
Contraindications
Inflammatory bowel disease (especially Crohn’s disease), short or irradiated bowel, bladder tumours, severe radiation cystitis, severe renal insufficiency.

augmentation cystoplasty

Urology Reconstructive surgery in which a segment of the bowel is removed and used to replace part of the diseased bladder, in Pts with severe urge incontinence Complications Bowel obstruction, blood clots, infection, pneumonia, urinary fistulae, UTIs, difficulty urinating, and rarely tumors