Reconstructive neobladder surgery an option to using a bag for many cancer patients. JOHN PETRICK. The Record. When Lodi resident Joe Clausi woke up from surgery, ...

What’s more, especially after a neobladder reconstruction, some patients may develop a variety of unwelcome symptoms, including urinary incontinence, an inability to fully drain the bladder, and ...

The second part of the procedure, building the neobladder, is significantly more advanced. It requires very precise measuring, folding, and sewing of delicate tissue while avoiding blood vessels — and ...

Orthotopic neobladder reconstruction has now become the standard of care after radical cystectomy in patients with organ-confined bladder cancer and good performance status.

Failure to empty the bladder after neobladder reconstruction in men is a well recognized, but relatively rare, complication that can be avoided in most men and managed effectively in those that ...

Among the 411 patients, 205 received ileal conduits and 206 received continent diversion with orthotopic neobladder reconstruction. The study authors noted the trial’s primary objective was to ...

About 60 to 90 percent of patients who need to get their bladder removed will end up getting an external bag. Experts say that's because many doctors aren't comfortable doing the neobladder, and ...

Background. Radical cystectomy with urinary diversion including neobladder remains the standard of care for muscle-invasive bladder cancer.There has been a slow shift over the past 15 years toward ...

Background: To assess the effects of pelvic radiotherapy (RT) on orthotopic neobladder reconstruction (ONR), this review presents retrospective data of surgical outcomes following prior RT.Methods: ...

A recent systematic review sought to outline international practices for the treatment of urinary incontinence (UI) in patients who have undergone radical cystectomy (RC) and orthotopic neobladder ...

A bladder reconstruction (neobladder) is an operation to make a new bladder. You might have a neobladder after surgery to remove your bladder (cystectomy). When you have a neobladder, you continue to ...