urostomy
Sign in to saveA urostomy is a surgical procedure that creates a stoma (artificial opening) for the urinary system. A urostomy is made to avail for urinary diversion in cases where drainage of urine through the bladder and urethra is not possible, e.g. after extensive surgery or in case of obstruction.
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It is catalogued under topics including Pediatric surgical procedures and Urologic surgery.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Medical intervention.name
- Urostomy
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- Diagram showing how a urostomy is made (ileal conduit) CRUK 124.svg
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- Diagram showing how a urostomy is made using an ileal conduit technique
- Medical intervention.specialty
- urology
- Medical intervention.MeshID
- D014547
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- urinary diversion
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A urostomy is a surgical procedure that creates a stoma (artificial opening) for the urinary system. A urostomy is made to avail for urinary diversion in cases where drainage of urine through the bladder and urethra is not possible, e.g. after extensive surgery or in case of obstruction.
==Techniques== thumb|left|150px|Standard incontinent stomaTechniques include: Ileal conduit urinary diversion, in which the ureters are surgically resected from the bladder and a ureteroenteric anastomosis is made in order to drain the urine into a detached section of ileum (a part of the small intestine). The end of the ileum is then brought out through an opening (a stoma) in the abdominal wall. The urine is collected through a bag that attaches on the outside of the body over the stoma. Indiana pouch A "continent urostomy" is an artificial bladder formed out of a segment of small bowel. This is fashioned into a pouch, which can be emptied intermittently with a catheter. It avoids the need for a stoma bag on the urostomy.
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