title: Orthotopic urinary diversion in women.
abstract: Orthotopic urinary diversions can be performed safely with acceptable morbidity rates in women. Attention to detail during the surgical dissection of the bladder neck and vagina is critical to a good outcome. With improvements in orthotopic urinary diversions, earlier use of a cystectomy for the treatment of minimally invasive bladder cancer may improve the survival rate in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Woodd@karmanos.org
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D015653:Cystectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D018579:Patient Selection; D011182:Postoperative Care; D014547:Urinary Diversion / Q000379:methods*; D014621:Vagina