Ileovesicostomy: update
Zimmerman, W.B.; Santucci, R.A.
Archivos Espanoles de Urologia 64(3): 207-218
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-0614 PMID: 21487171 Document Number: 655687
Currently, we have different technical options for treating clinically complex scenarios such as neurogenic bladder, difficult to manage lower urinary tract obstruction and many disasters sometimes seen after prostate cancer treatment. During the seventies, clean intermittent bladder catheterization was established as the best treatment option for these patients. As a method, suprapubic urinary diversion has undergone a major evolution over the past fifty years trying to solve the most refractory and poor prognosis cases. Continent ileovesicostomy is an easy emptying and low-pressure non-catheterizable urinary conduit that enables safe and durable urine elimination. In this article a detailed and updated knowledge of this technique is provided.