A troublesome urostomy treated with liposuction. Case report.
A case is reported in which a fat deposit in a patient who had had a continent urostomy fashioned by Kock's technique, caused skin problems and made catheterisation Kock's technique, caused skin problems and made catheterisation difficult. The condition was successfully treated with liposuction around the stoma.
Samdal
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Department of Plastic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Brevik
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B
Husby
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OS
Abyholm
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F
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015187:Lipectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D014519:Ureterostomy; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery