Ureteral stents have been used for maintaining luminal patency in ureteral obstruction, including cases of malignant ureteral obstruction due to pelvic malignancy, since the late 1970s (1). Due to migration, encrustation, obstruction, and infection, these ureteral stents have to be removed or exchanged within 4-6 months of the initial placement (2-4). Recently, new optional stents such as metal...

BACKGROUND Although complications related to suprapubic cystostomies are well documented, there is scarcity of literature on safety issues involved in long-term care of suprapubic cystostomy in spinal cord injury patients. CASE PRESENTATION A 23-year-old female patient with tetraplegia underwent suprapubic cystostomy. During the next decade, this patient developed several catheter-related com...

Cystostomy is a common procedure in veterinary surgery. We describe a technique for laparoscopic cystostomy (LC group; n = 7) in Bama miniature pigs and compare the surgical stress induced by this procedure to open cystostomy (OC group; n = 7). A three-portal approach was used for laparoscopic cystostomy. First, we placed 2 simple interrupted sutures between the ventral body wall and urinary bl...

Objective: To determine the outcomes and efficacy of transurethral urinary diversion/stenting with size six feeding tube and that of suprapubic cystostomy after hypospadias repair in

We report a rare case of spontaneous catheter knotting in the setting of a suprapubic cystostomy and also review previous reports and the rationale behind this event.

Purpose: To retrospectively evaluate benign, primary vesicovaginal fistulas (VVF), to determine the outcomes of using only a urethral catheter without cystostomy as a urinary diversion. Methods: Twenty-five women with VVF were treated between April 2008 and October 2014 and evaluated retrospectively. Only primary, benign fistulas were included in this study. Patients with a malignant etiology a...

The procedure is done under local anaesthesia. Position of the enlarged bladder is confirmed by percussion. The skin is prepared as for a standard suprapubic cystostomy, and 2% lignocaine is infiltrated in the midline 2 cm above the pubic symphysis. Using a number 11 blade a vertical cut 1-2 cm in length is made in the midline. The incision is deepened and a small cut is made in the rectus shea...