title: The continent sigmoid urinary reservoir--an experimental study in pigs.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the function of a continence mechanism in combination with a colonic urinary reservoir in a pig model.
  
  
  METHODS
  A colonic urinary reservoir was constructed as a bladder augmentation in six domestic pigs. The pouch was connected to a narrowed and tunnelled ileal tube as a continence mechanism. The closure pressure was measured intra-operatively and 3 months post-operatively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean difference between the pressure in the continence mechanism and in the reservoir was 74 cmH2O (range 50-100). Continence was complete both intra-operatively and 3 months post-operatively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The modified narrowed and tunnelled ileal tube is a safe continence mechanism when combined with a colonic urinary pouch.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Medical Faculty, Rheinisch Westfälisch Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mersdorf
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jahnke
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jakse
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007082:Ileum; D011312:Pressure; D013552:Swine; D016476:Urinary Reservoirs, Continent / Q000379:methods*; D014563:Urodynamics