Segments from almost all parts of the bowel have been used for urinary diversion. As a
result, the available absorptive surface area of the bowel is reduced, and the incorporation …

Purpose: There are many alternatives for the surgical treatment of children with neurogenic
sphincteric incompetence. However, there is no consensus regarding appropriate …

Introduction Enterocystoplasty is an important procedure in the management of children with
difficult neurogenic bladder. We report on short-term complications as captured by National …

Purpose: Maintenance of a sterile intraperitoneal environment is critical in patients with
ventriculoperitoneal shunts. Recent series have reported a broad discrepancy in the rate of …

Objectives: To analyze the effects and complications of augmentation ileocystoplasty in
patients with neurogenic bladder due to spinal cord injury (SCI) or spina bifida …

Object The optimal management of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt in the setting of acute, non–
shunt related abdominal and pelvic infections is unknown. In the literature, distal shunt …

Objectives. To examine the incidence of postoperative ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections
in patients after augmentation cystoplasty. Methods. We retrospectively reviewed the charts …

PURPOSE: We investigated whether children with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt who undergo
mechanical bowel preparation before bladder reconstruction with bowel have a lower rate of …

Objective To develop consensus recommendations for index congenital urological cases
seen in adulthood and to generate discussion among providers who treat these patients …

Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to review complications after
sigmoidocolocystoplasty (SCP) performed at a single institution from 1984 to 1997. Methods …