title: Urinary diversion: adjunctive tube gastrostomy.
abstract: A series of 98 patients who had undergone construction of ileal conduits is discusses. Of the 76 patients who had gastrostomy drainage 2 had complications related to the procedure. Complications occurred in 6 of the 22 patients who had nasogastric drainage. The advantages and disadvantages of postoperative gastric decompression by tube gastrostomy and the nasogastric tube are discussed. We conclude that the gastrostomy tube has a definite place in pediatric and adult urological cases in which postoperative ileus may be expected.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D014513:Ureter / Q000601:surgery; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000601:surgery; D014547:Urinary Diversion