title: Fistula between external iliac artery and ileal conduit after radical cystectomy: a life-threatening complication.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present a rare complication of an iliac artery to ileal conduit fistula after radical cystectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 74 year-old man with muscle invasive bladder cancer was submitted for robotic radical cystectomy with intracorporeal ileal conduit. Twenty-four days after surgery he was readmitted due to an active bleeding from the ileal conduit.
  
  
  RESULTS
  CT-Scan showed an arterial fistula between the external iliac artery and the ileal conduit. The emergency procedure done was an artery ligation, bilateral cutaneous ureterostomy and extra-anatomic femoro-femoral bypass.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A fistula from the external iliac artery to the ileal conduit is a rare and serious complication in the Bricker type urinary diversion, with only 7 cases reported in the international literature.
authors.affiliation: Urology Department. Clinica Indisa. Chile. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Andres Bello. Santiago. Chile.
authors.forename: Octavio A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Campos Juanatey
authors.forename: Franklin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vives Rivera
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: López-Vallejo
mesh_terms: D015653:Cystectomy; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D012371:Robotics; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014547:Urinary Diversion