Cutaneous Ureteroileostomy in Children

Abstract

URINARY diversion is essential for the management of certain urologic disorders of childhood. Implantation of the ureters into an isolated segment of ileum, with restoration of intestinal continuity, has found wide application since it was popularized by Bricker1 in 1950. Most reports2 3 4 5 6 have referred primarily to the ileal conduit in adults as a method of urinary diversion associated with the treatment of pelvic cancer. The nature of such underlying diseases and their complications has limited evaluation of the long-term effects of the ileal conduit procedure per se. In children, diversion is most often done for benign diseases involving urinary-tract dysfunction, . . .