Following cystectomy for transitional cell carcinoma a 63 year old woman developed recurrent tumours in the upper urinary tract and ileal conduit, suggesting that malignant transitional cells can auto-implant in ileal epithelium. This phenomenon has not been previously reported. We illustrate the value of retrograde urogram via an ileal conduit following cystectomy for cancer.

INTRODUCTION There are limited data on female sexual function after cystectomy for benign indications. AIMS To evaluate postoperative sexual items following cystectomy and continent urinary diversion for benign indications (e.g., severe incontinence, interstitial cystitis) in female patients. Furthermore, to review the studies investigating changes in women's sexual function after cystectomy....

Purpose. Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) immunotherapy is indicated for high-grade nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). The efficacy of BCG in patients with a history of previous pelvic radiotherapy (RT) may be diminished. We evaluated the outcomes of radical cystectomy for BCG-treated recurrent bladder cancer in patients with a history of RT for prostate cancer (PC). Methods....

BACKGROUND Radical cystectomy is the standard treatment for muscle invasive bladder cancer, however the role and appropriate extent of an associated lymphadenectomy continues to change. METHODS We performed a detailed review of the medical literature pertaining to the development and rationale for an extended lymphadenectomy in patients undergoing radical cystectomy. RESULTS A perspective o...

PURPOSE Large variability exists in the rates of perioperative mortality after cystectomy. Contemporary estimates range from 0.7% to 5.6%. We tested several predictors of perioperative mortality and devised a model for individual perioperative mortality prediction. MATERIALS AND METHODS We relied on life tables to quantify 30, 60 and 90-day mortality rates according to age, gender, stage (loc...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical outcomes of patients who underwent radical cystectomy for bladder cancer at a single institution and compare those who had pT0 specimens with those who had residual cancer. METHODS From January 1990 to December 2006, 186 patients underwent radical cystectomy with or without neoadjuvant chemotherapy for cT2 or higher stage urothelial carcinoma in the bladd...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to compare the surgical outcomes between two-port access and four-port access laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy. METHODS Four hundred and eighty nine patients who had received two-port access laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy (n=175) and four-port access laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy (n=314) in Chungnam National University Hospital from January 2009 to August ...

PURPOSE To determine the association of the cell proliferative marker Ki-67 with pathologic features and disease prognosis in patients with transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the urinary bladder. METHODS Immunohistochemical staining for Ki-67 was done on serial cuts from tissue microarrays containing cystectomy specimens from 9 patients without bladder cancer and 226 consecutive patients wi...

– Met criteria for one of the following NMIBC treatment groups: • Group 1: Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG)-naïve, treated with transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) ± intravesical chemotherapy • Group 2: Had current or previous BCG treatment but were refractory or resistant to treatment • Group 3: Were BCG refractory or relapsing and next treatment option would be cystectomy (but were...

Copyright © 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel Fax +41 61 306 12 34 E-Mail [email protected] www.karger.com © 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel 1015–9770/11/0054–0196$26.00/0 Accessible online at: www.karger.com/cur Radical cystectomy • Octogenarian Introduction: Radical cystectomy is the treatment of choice for infiltrating non-metastatic bladder cancer. However there is reluctance to perform this surgery in the ...