title: Total cystectomy and ureterosygmoidostomy for carcinoma of the bladder.
abstract: The results obtained in a series of 233 subjects who underwent surgery for total cystectomy and ureterosygmoidostomy for carcinoma of the bladder are analyzed. The immediate and long-term results, the complications and length of survival, both in general and in relation to the stage of the neoplasia, have been considered. The surgical death rate was 7%. Survival, taking all cases into account, was 80% after 1 year, 55% after 3 years, 36% after 5 years and 8.3% after 10 years. Significant differences in survival were found among those patients with pathologic stage PIS-P1-P2 and those with P3-P4. From a survival of 64% after 5 years in the first group, we pass to 23% for P3 and 0% for P4. The precocious complications are anastomosis stenosis (1.8%), uro-fecal fistulae (1.8%) and urinary fistulae (1.4%). Late complications are anastomosis stenosis (13.6%), pyelonephritis with episodes of fever (19.3%), severe acidosis (1.8%) and kidney stones (1.8%).
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000601:surgery; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000209:etiology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014547:Urinary Diversion / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology