URETEROSIGMOIDOSTOMY: A 59-YEAR FOLLOWUP AND REVIEW OF LONG-TERM URINARY DIVERSION

HOCH, WILLIAM H.
SHANSER, JON D.
BURNS, ROBERT A.

From the Section of Urology, Woodland Clinic Medical Group, Woodland and the Department of Radiology, Fort Miley Veterans dministration Hospital, San Francisco, California

Accepted for publication December 1, 1978.

Read at annual meeting of Western Section, American Urological Association, Seattle, Washington, July 16–20, 1978.

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Journal of Urology 122(3):p 407-408, September 1979. | DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(17)56434-4

This case report documents the efficacy of urinary diversion by ureterosigmoidostomy. Our patient has suffered minimal complications with the added advantage of urinary continence for nearly 60 years. While we would not advocate the Coffey I technique for creation of ureterosig moidostomy, this case does illustrate the longest survival after any form of diversion with normal urinary function reported in the literature.