title: Total replacement of bladder and urethra by cecum and appendix in bladder exstrophy.
abstract: The first case of total bladder and urethral replacement by cecoappendiceal unit was achieved in a five-year-old boy born with bladder exstrophy. Residual vesical and prostatic tissue was utilized to provide continence successfully.
mesh_terms: D001065:Appendix / Q000601:surgery*; D001746:Bladder Exstrophy / Q000601:surgery*; D002432:Cecum / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery*