Clinical Observation and Follow-up Study on Ileocystoplasty / 대한비뇨기과학회지

ABSTRACT

Augmentation ileocystoplasty is the most available method of enlargement of capacity for the contracted bladder by using the intestinal segment. Contracture of bladder is the result of chronic vesical infections such as tuberculosis, interstitial cystitis, radiation cystitis, or neurogenic bladder, among them tuberculosis is the most common cause of bladder contracture in Korea. Contracted bladder usually demands active correction, while it may lead to considerable vesicoureteral reflux and deterioration of renal function. Herein we describe a clinical observation and follow-up study for more than 2 years on the 5 cases of augmentation ileocystoplasty, which we experienced during the periods from December 1978 to November 1980.