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Review
. 1991 Nov;18(4):649-57.

Gastric bladder reconstruction

D H Nguyen  1 , M E Mitchell
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  • PMID: 1949398
Review

Gastric bladder reconstruction

D H Nguyen et al. Urol Clin North Am. 1991 Nov.

Abstract

Overall, stomach is an ideal tissue that is readily accessible for bladder augmentation or substitution. It has excellent muscle backing for antireflux and continence procedures. Its fibroelastic characteristics allow construction of a capacious and compliant reservoir. It has special merit in patients who have been irradiated by virtue of being rarely involved in the field of radiation; in patients with short bowel, because it usually is not associated with congenital abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract; in patients with renal compromise and metabolic acidosis, because of its ability to secrete chloride and hydrogen ions; in patients with chronic urinary infections; and in patients with difficulty with catheterization because of excessive mucus.

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