Bladder-sparing surgery and continent urinary diversion using the appendix (Mitrofanoff procedure) for urethral cancer

Int J Urol. 2005 Jun;12(6):581-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01107.x.

Abstract

We performed bladder-sparing surgery and continent urinary diversion in two patients with urethral cancer. The first patient was a 58-year-old man with bulbomembranous urethral cancer (squamous cell carcinoma, cT2N0M0). The second patient was a 77-year-old woman with urethral cancer invading the vaginal wall (transitional cell carcinoma with squamous cell carcinoma, cT3N0M0). After bladder-sparing urethrectomy, continent urinary diversion with appendicovesicostomy (Mitrofanoff procedure) was performed in the both patients. More than 4 years after the surgery, both patients were continent, had no trouble with catheterization, and experienced no recurrence of cancer. Bladder-sparing surgery and urinary diversion based on the Mitrofanoff procedure can be considered for appropriately selected patients with urethral cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Appendix / surgery*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / physiopathology
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery*
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / physiopathology
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery*
  • Urethral Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Urethral Neoplasms / pathology
  • Urethral Neoplasms / physiopathology
  • Urethral Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Urinary Bladder / physiopathology
  • Urinary Diversion / methods*