Potts: NPH is a form of hydrocephalus, a build-up of CSF in the brain. It's typically seen in older patients, usually over ...

A dialysis-dependent patient without a functional bladder for seven years underwent a combined kidney and bladder transplant ...

you may need urinary diversion to remove a section of the intestine. Before your surgery (especially a cystectomy and urinary diversion), your healthcare provider will make sure you are healthy enough ...

Most people face stigma because there is a general lack of knowledge yet Anorectal Malformation is a condition that is ...

A urinary diversion is a type of surgery. It means making a new way for you to pass urine (pee) if your bladder has been removed. It is done at the same time as the surgery to remove the bladder ...

Fracture-free survival by type of urinary diversion in patients who received cystectomy ... It is plausible that other factors associated with cystectomy such as frailty after major surgery may play a ...

But bladder removal surgery can help other bladder problems, too. After cystectomy, your urine may need a new route to exit your body (urinary diversion). Your surgeon can create a new tube for ...

Cystoprostatectomy is a type of surgery to treat bladder cancer ... The second is the rebuilding of the urinary system (also called urinary diversion). That is done so you can still pee after ...

ureteral scarring from previous surgery or congenital development problems, complications from radiation treatments, fistula from the urinary tract, neurogenic bladder from spinal cord injury or other ...

Patients undergoing radical cystectomy are confronted with not only the prospect of cancer, chemotherapy and major surgery but also with choosing a type of urinary diversion. Most patients have never ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2012;69(6):483-486. Wendy M. Covert, Pharm.D., is Postgraduate Year 2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident; Shannon N. Westin, M.D., M.P.H., is ...

After bladder-neck surgery, all patients should receive ... In 10 children progressive renal deterioration necessitated subsequent urinary diversion by ileal conduit; 2 of these had had secondary ...