title: The role of imaging in pediatric bladder augmentation.
abstract: Bladder augmentation (also called augmentation cystoplasty) refers to a number of surgical methods that increase the capacity and compliance of the urinary bladder. Imaging has an important role in the postoperative evaluation of bladder augmentation. The most common augmentation procedures utilize enteric segments to augment the bladder. The various types of bladder augmentation have characteristic appearances on different imaging modalities. Spontaneous bladder perforation is a complication that is seen in both early and late post-operative periods and it is one of the most important complications for radiologists to be aware of as it is life-threatening. We review the indications for bladder augmentation in children, the surgical techniques employed, the normal postoperative appearances on imaging studies and the role of imaging complications of bladder augmentation including delayed spontaneous bladder rupture, which is life-threatening.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA, 02446, USA, micheal.breen@childrens.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Micheál
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Breen
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Phelps
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Estrada
authors.forename: Jeanne S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Chow
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery*; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures