Sigmoidorectal (Mainz II) pouch for continent urinary diversion in bladder cancer.
BACKGROUND
We aimed to assess the feasibility, safety, and outcome of the sigmoidorectal (Mainz II) pouch for urinary diversion in patients with invasive bladder cancer.


METHODS
Twenty-nine patients (25 men and four women), aged 65-76 years, who had undergone radical cystectomy and the sigmoidorectal pouch procedure for invasive bladder cancer were included in this study. Postoperative evaluations included metabolic testing, standard laboratory screening, renal ultrasonography, pouchography, and intravenous urography or pouchoscopy when indicated.


RESULTS
The median operative time was 175 min. Urine leakage was encountered in two patients (6.8%), deep vein thrombosis in one (3.4%), and ileus necessitating surgery in another one. Two patients developed pyelonephritis due to ureterocolonic stricture, which was treated with antegrade balloon dilatation. No local relapses of bladder cancer were found. All patients were continent during the day, but one patient was occasionally incontinent during the night. In the long term, six patients (20.6%) developed metastatic disease, and five patients (17.2%) died because of cancer-related causes. Overall survival was 100, 96 and 60% at 1, 2 and 3 years after the operation, respectively. The mean survival was 36.8 +/- 1.9 months, which was statistically significantly associated with the M stage (P < 0.001), but not with the T (P = 0.091) or N (P = 0.081) stages.


CONCLUSIONS
The sigmoidorectal (Mainz II) pouch seems to be a feasible, safe and effective method for continent urinary diversion. It is able to provide good quality of life, and ensure good overall survival rates.
Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece. artriant@otenet.gr
Argyrios
A
Triantafyllidis
Vasilios
V
Rombis
Athanasios George
AG
Papatsoris
Athanasios
A
Papathanasiou
Christos
C
Kalaitzis
Stavros
S
Touloupidis
D000368:Aged; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014547:Urinary Diversion / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*