Extraperitoneal bilateral cutaneous ureterostomy with midline stoma for palliation of pelvic cancer.
In a subset of patients with intractable symptoms from incurable pelvic cancer, palliative cystectomy and urinary diversion with intestinal segments may not be feasible. The described technique, in which a midline stoma was constructed and dissection was entirely extraperitoneal, resulted in symptom relief in 8 patients.
Ubrig
Burkhard
B
Department of Adult and Pediatric Urology, Helios Klinikum Wuppertal, Witten/Herdecke Medical School, Wuppertal, Germany.
Lazica
Matthias
M
Waldner
Michael
M
Roth
Stephan
S
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D054047:Surgical Stomas; D014513:Ureter / Q000601:surgery; D014519:Ureterostomy / Q000379:methods*