The fate of loop ureterostomy and severe contracted bladder.
Bladder contracture following cutaneous loop ureterostomy is a known but sometimes neglected serious complication. Recently we treated a boy successfully by effecting an increase in bladder capacity by long-term hydraulic dilatation prior to performing colonic augmentation. The severity of the contracture seems to be the worst ever published in the literature.
D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004106:Dilatation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D014547:Urinary Diversion / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy