Follow-up of the remaining bladder after supravesical urinary diversion.

OBJECTIVES

To review our experience in 14 patients who underwent supravesical urinary diversion maintaining their defunctionalized bladder in situ.

METHODS

A variety of pathological entities indicated surgery, including neurogenic bladder, urinary tuberculosis (with severely contracted bladder), interstitial cystitis, and retroperitoneal fibrosis.

RESULTS

Global analysis revealed a total of 11 patients (78.5%) who presented complications, the most frequent being mucopurulent and bloody secretions (28.5%), and painful bladder spasms (14.2%), followed by hemorrhage, pyocystis, hypogastric or urethral pain, and sepsis.

CONCLUSION

Two patients (14.2%) required hospitalization for treatment of complications. The majority of complications were treated successfully with bladder irrigations and antibiotics. One patient required total cystectomy secondary to pyocystis.