title: Some observations of 31 spinal cord injury patients on whom the Bricker procedure was performed.
abstract: Only one-half of 31 spinal cord injury patients had good to fair results following cutaneous uretero-ileostomy. Poor results and deaths with urinary complications were more prevalent in the cervical and upper thoracic than in the more caudad cord lesions. There was a spread of 1/2 to 19 years in time interval from onset of spinal cord injury to performance of the Bricker procedure. A tendency for unsatisfactory postoperative courses was more associated with the longer time intervals.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014547:Urinary Diversion / Q000379:methods*