The case of a 62-year-old woman who developed squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder 16 years after a kidney transplant is reported here. After the transplant, immunosuppressive therapy was maintained with cyclosporin A (200 mg/day) and the patient's serum creatinine level was 0.9 mg/dL. She was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder 16 years later and underwent radical cystectom...

BACKGROUND There is a controversy regarding the use of gastric pouch for benign and malignant bladder diseases. OBJECTIVES The aim of this retrospective study was to report our experience, mostly on gastric neobladder (not gastrocystoplasty) for benign and malignant bladder diseases, its complications, outcomes and follow-up results. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this retrospective case series, ...

Neoplasms of the urinary bladder following augmentation ileocystoplasty are rare. We present the case of a 39-year-old male with a tubular adenoma with high-grade dysplasia in the ileal segment 34 years after augmentation ileocystoplasty to enlarge a post-chemoradiation-induced shrunken bladder. He presented with gross hematuria. Cystoscopy revealed a papillary tumor at the site of ileovesical ...

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study is to characterize health related quality life (HRQOL) in Japanese patients after bladder cancer surgery and perform cross-cultural comparison between American patients. METHODS: Firstly, we cross-sectionally assessed HRQOL 371 Japan using the Bladder Cancer Index (BCI-Japanese). four groups (native without intravesical therapy, native with cystectomy ileal c...

conclusions gastric pouch is a suitable segment for bladder cystoplasty and neobladder. continence is mostly related to the capacity of pouch. results postoperative complications were rare. continence was defined as bladder capacity over 400 ml. their follow-up period ranged from five months up to writing the article. one of the studied cases is still alive and awaiting renal transplantation. m...

INTRODUCTION Robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) plus intracorporeal urinary diversion is feasible. Few centers worldwide demonstrated comparable functional and oncologic outcomes. We reported a large series of RARC and intracorporeal diversion to assess its feasibility and reproducibility. MATERIAL AND METHODS We identified 101 RARCs in 82 men and 19 women (mean age 68.3 years) from Oct...

BACKGROUND/AIM Radical cystectomy is the method of choice in management of muscle invasive, organ-confined tumors of the bladder (T2-T4, N0-Nx). The most frequent continent orthotopic urinary diversion after radical cystectomy is the ileal neobladder. A modified technique consists of using a shorter segment of the terminal ileum than the standard technique, around 30 cm. The aim of this study w...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE More recently laparoscopic radical cystectomy (LRC) has increasingly been an attractive alternative to open radical cystectomy (ORC) and many centers have reported their early experiences in the treatment of bladder cancer. Evaluate the safety and efficacy of LRC compared with ORC in the treatment of bladder cancer. METHODS A systematic search of Medline, Scopus, and ...