Supravesical urinary diversion in renal transplantation.
Urinary diversion may be used in patients without a bladder or with irreversible, lower urinary tract abnormalities who might not otherwise be suitable candidates for renal transplantation. Three cases have been described to illustrate three different methods of supravesical urinary diversion that have been employed in association with renal transplantation.
D000293:Adolescent; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000601:surgery; D003556:Cystitis / Q000209:etiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013156:Splenectomy; D013492:Suppuration; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014513:Ureter / Q000601:surgery; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery; D001748:Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction / Q000601:surgery; D014547:Urinary Diversion / Q000379:methods*; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000002:abnormalities