Urostomy is a common type of surgery used in the treatment of bladder cancer. There are two types: ileal conduit (the more common type) and cutaneous ureterostomy. If your urinary system stops working ...

Frailty-associated gut dysbiosis significantly increases the risk for gastrointestinal complications following robot-assisted bladder cancer surgery.

When a surgeon removes all or part of the bladder, they create a new channel to allow urine to drain from the body. This type of surgery is called an ileal conduit. After surgery, a person will live ...

The ileal brake is a feedback mechanism activated by nutrients, especially fat, with marked effects on satiety. The effects of low doses of ileal fat on satiety are largely unknown. We therefore ...

Hematuria can be caused by a variety of conditions, including cancer, infections, and calculi. We recently treated a patient with an ileal conduit and cirrhosis, who had hematuria due to ileal varices ...

Procedures to either replace the bladder or help the bladder hold urine are called urinary diversions. Urinary diversion can be as simple as using a small part of the bowel as a tube for the urine to ...

The risk of IPAA adenocarcinoma is very high, even many years after the initial surgical procedure. Therefore, lifelong follow-up and periodic pouch surveillance should be routinely performed.

Patients with Crohn's disease who undergo terminal ileum resection have a significantly higher risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) and colorectal polyps than those who do not undergo resection.

Pyelonephritis was suspected as the underlying cause of CKD in 6 of 22 cases. Pyelonephritis is an underrecognized cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with orthotopic ileal neobladder ...

3.1 Single-anastomosis duodeno-ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy (SADI‑S) for treating morbid obesity is usually done laparoscopically with the patient under general anaesthesia. 3.2 Initially, the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The reaction in the ileal loop of the rabbit to infection with Vibrio cholerae and to cholera toxin in the form of whole cell ultrasonic ...