Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome MICHAEL J. EHLERT KENNETH M. PETERS Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a chronic, unrelenting condition with considerable morbidity. The symptoms were first described in the…
Minimally Invasive Bladder Procedures: Radical Cystectomy, Partial Cystectomy, Urachal Excision, Diverticulectomy ANDRE LUIS DE CASTRO ABREU SAMEER CHOPRA INDERBIR S. GILL It is estimated that 72,570 new cases of bladder…
Vesical Trauma and Hemorrhage CHAD M. GRIDLEY CHRISTOPHER D. MCCLUNG BLADDER TRAUMA Trauma is the most common cause of bladder injury; however, only 1.6% of trauma victims will have a…
Vesicovaginal Fistula HAJAR I. AYOUB O. LENAINE WESTNEY A vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) is an epithelialized or fibrous communication between the bladder and vagina. Physically, psychologically, and socially, it is a…
Intestinourinary Fistulas RYAN L. MORI ERIC A. KLEIN KENNETH W. ANGERMEIER An intestinourinary fistula is a pathologic extra-anatomic epithelialized connection that can be described based on the respective intestinal and…
Bladder Augmentation STEPHEN MARK Augmentation cystoplasty remains the surgical treatment of choice for the medically resistant neurogenic and nonneurogenic overactive bladder. The management goals are the provision of a low-pressure,…
Management of the Distal Ureter for Nephroureterectomy GAVIN N. WAGENHEIM SURENA F. MATIN The standard therapy for upper tract urothelial cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis or ureter is radical…
Radical Cystectomy in Men MOHAMED A. GHONEIM AHMED M. HARRAZ Although more complex urinary diversions are increasingly employed, contemporary cystectomy is associated with very low mortality. Furthermore, the advent of…
Radical Cystectomy in Women MIRIAM HADJ-MOUSSA JOANNE LUNDGREN CHERYL T. LEE TODD M. MORGAN In 2013, 72,000 new cases of bladder cancer were diagnosed in the United States; almost 17,000…
Simple and Partial Cystectomy RYAN S. LEVEY JONATHAN C. PICARD SIMPLE CYSTECTOMY Simple cystectomy is performed in the setting of benign disease requiring urinary diversion or locally invasive nongenitourinary malignancy….
