Items tagged “urologic surgery”

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Artificial urethral sphincters

Artificial urethral sphincters, also known as inflatable artificial sphincters and urinary control systems, are devices used for the treatment of urinary stress incontinence (e.g. due to pelvic floor dysfunction in females or prostate surgery in males) and are sometimes used in combination with ...
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Bladder leak post radical prostatectomy

  Diagnosis certain
Nolan Walker
Published 26 Feb 2015
88% complete
Fluoroscopy
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Bladder exstrophy and ileal conduit stones

  Diagnosis certain
Jayanth Keshavamurthy
Published 23 Apr 2015
91% complete
Fluoroscopy X-ray
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Boari bladder flap

A Boari bladder flap is one of the options for ureteric reimplantation when the diseased ureteric segment is long (e.g. more than 5 cm). It is useful in the management of lower ureteric strictures and can be performed as either an open or laparoscopic procedure. It involves tubularisation of a f...
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Ileal conduit

An ileal conduit (or "Bricker conduit") was one of the original types of urinary diversions, and it is still in use today. Pathology The conduit is most often placed after cystectomy (or cystoprostatectomy) for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Although not a continent diversion, it may be prefe...
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Cystolithotomy

Cystolithotomy is a urologic procedure to remove one or more bladder stones. It is typically performed for a patient with large or numerous bladder stones or if an endoscopic approach has not been successful.  The traditional approach described below is an open cystolithotomy. Other approaches...
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Psoas hitch

A psoas hitch is a method of ureteric re-implantation following distal ureteric resection or injury. The reconstruction is indicated when the distal ureter is injured or resected for cancer or stricture disease, and the remaining portion of ureter cannot reach the bladder for a ureteroneocystot...
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Pyelostomy

Pyelostomy is a rarely performed procedure in which an externalized catheter drains the renal pelvis. It is different from a nephrostomy in that the catheter in a pyelostomy enters the renal pelvis directly without passing though the renal parenchyma. It is much more prone to complication than a...
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Transureteroureterostomy

Transureteroureterostomy (TUU) is a procedure in which one ureter is divided and then connected (re-routed) into the other. It is performed when a distal ureter needs to be bypassed and can be performed instead of a psoas hitch or Boari flap. It may be preferable if the patient has had prior rad...
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Ileal ureter interposition

  Diagnosis certain
Matt A. Morgan
Published 21 Nov 2015
98% complete
CT Fluoroscopy
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Ileal ureter interposition

Ileal ureter interpositions are uncommon urologic reconstructions, using a loop of small bowel to replace a damaged ureter. The concept is similar to the formation of a neobladder from small bowel (e.g. ileal conduit), except one is forming a neo-ureter. Variants include using colon as an inter...
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Shock wave lithotripsy-induced renal injury

  Diagnosis certain
Sigmund Stuppner
Published 08 Aug 2016
90% complete
X-ray CT
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Fournier's gangrene

  Diagnosis certain
Gurtej Bindra
Published 13 Aug 2023
98% complete
CT