In their recent paper, Gundeti et al. describe a completely intracorporeal robotic-assisted laparoscopic augmentation ileocystoplasty with Mitrofanoff appendicovesicostomy in a 10-year-old girl. The ...

Graphical comparison of bladder augmentation surgery using either ileum (top) or a cell-seeded, biodegradable scaffold (bottom). MSCs and HSPCs represent different types of stem cells found in the ...

One of the most helpful tests in the evaluation of neurogenic bladder is called a urodynamic test. Urodynamic testing is also called a cystometrogram (CMG). In this test a very small catheter is ...

Segments of gastrointestinal tract are commonly used for bladder augmentation (BA) to treat patients with neurogenic bladder or bladder exstrophy (1,2). However, when gastrointestinal tissue is in ...