title: Continent catheterizable vesicostomy in adults: initial experience at a Scandinavian tertiary referral centre.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to present the initial experience of continent catheterizable vesicostomy at a Scandinavian tertiary referral centre.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eleven patients, on average 47 years old, with various severe lower urinary tract dysfunctionalities or complete urethral obliteration, underwent reconstruction with a continent catheterizable vesicostomy between 2004 and 2011, with a mean follow-up of 48 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For eight patients the first reconstructive attempt was successful. Three patients required more than one operation to become continent and to be able to catheterize easily. Two patients had previously been subjected to bladder neck closure and two had complete urethral obliteration, but no patient in this series had undergone bladder neck closure simultaneous to the vesicostomy procedure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For patients who find it difficult to perform self-catheterization via the native urethra, or with an obliteration of the prostatic/membranous/bulbar urethra, construction of a continent catheterizable vesicostomy may be a feasible treatment option. The need for revision is noteworthy. Despite severe difficulties in a few of the patients in the present series, necessitating reoperations, all patients were finally satisfied with the procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital , Göteborg , Sweden.
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peeker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003559:Cystostomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization