title: Comparative analysis of the pressure profilometry of vesicocutaneous continent catheterizable conduits between patients with and without rectus abdominis neosphincter (Yachia principle).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess whether crossing rectus abdominis muscle strips, as proposed by Yachia, would change urinary catheterizable conduit's pressure profilometry, in static and dynamic conditions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Non-randomized selection of 20 continent patients that underwent Macedo's ileum-based reservoir, 10 including Yachia's technique (Study Group) and 10 without this mechanism of continence (Control Group). Demographics and cystometric data were assessed. Conduit's pressure profilometry was obtained by infusing saline through a multichannel catheter, at rest and during Valsalva maneuver. We assessed the pressure: (a) in the bladder; (b) in conduit's proximal segment; and (c) in conduit's distal segment, which is presumably the abdominal wall and crossed muscle strips site.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean age at surgery was 6.1 years in the Control Group and 7.7 years in the Study Group. There was no statistically significant difference between groups regarding maximum cystometric bladder capacity and leakage point pressure. At rest, the pressure profilometry showed similar results between groups in all segments analyzed. During Valsalva maneuver, pressure profilometry showed similar results between groups in bladder and conduit's proximal segment pressure. In this condition, conduit's distal segment pressure in the Study Group (Mean = 72.9 and Peak = 128.7 cmH2 O) was significantly greater (P < 0.05) than conduit's distal segment pressure in the Control Group (Mean = 48.3 and Peak = 65.1 cmH2 O).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Crossing muscle strips over the conduit significantly increases the pressure in its distal segment during contraction of the rectus abdominis muscle, which can be important in moments of sudden increase in abdominal pressure in order to keep continence.
authors: Department of Urology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors: Atila
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4134-936X
authors: A
authors: Rondon
authors: Department of Urology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors: Bruno
authors: B
authors: Leslie
authors: Department of Urology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors: Leonardo Javier
authors: LJ
authors: Arcuri
authors: Department of Urology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors: Valdemar
authors: V
authors: Ortiz
authors: Department of Urology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Macedo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D011312:Pressure; D020127:Recovery of Function; D017568:Rectus Abdominis / Q000637:transplantation*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D062885:Urinary Catheters; D014547:Urinary Diversion / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016476:Urinary Reservoirs, Continent; D014563:Urodynamics
keywords: rectus abdominis; urinary catheterization; urinary diversion; urinary incontinence; urodynamics