A clinical observation was made on 30 patients of urologic surgery using the intestinal segment who had been admitted to the Department of Urology, Chungnam National University Hospital from May, 1976 to April, 1982.
The results are as follows;
1. The age distribution of the most of cases were fifth and sixth decades (66.7%), and the male to female ratio was 3.3 to 1.
2. Majority of underlying diseases was bladder tumor (76.6%). The other causes were neurogenic bladder (10.0%), Vesicovaginal fistula (10.0%) and contracted bladder (3.3%).
3. Of the 30 cases of urinary diversion, 24 cases were ureteroileocutaneostomy with or without total cystectomy, 3 cases were ureterocolocutaneostomy with total cystectomy, 2 cases were ureteroileocecocutaneostomy with total cystectomy and 1 case was augmented ileocecocystoplasty.
4. Operation mortality was 10%, in which underlying diseases were bladder cancer.
5. Major complications were acute renal failure, septicemia, wound disruption, urine leakage, fecal fistula, ileus, bleeding, pneumonia and evisceration.
6. In the 23 cases of bladder cancer 21 cases were transitional cell carcinoma and 2 cases were adenocarcinoma. Most of the former were composed of stage B & C (66.7%) and grade II & III (71.4%).
7. In cases of malignant disease the overall postoperative survival rate at 1, 3 and 5 years of bladder cancer were 73.9%, 50% and 20% respectively.
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