Ubrig Burkhard, Lazica Matthias, Waldner Michael, Roth Stephan
Department of Adult and Pediatric Urology, Helios Klinikum Wuppertal, Witten/Herdecke Medical School, Wuppertal, Germany.
Urology. 2004 May;63(5):973-5. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2003.11.008.
In a subset of patients with intractable symptoms from incurable pelvic cancer, palliative cystectomy and urinary diversion with intestinal segments may not be feasible. The described technique, in which a midline stoma was constructed and dissection was entirely extraperitoneal, resulted in symptom relief in 8 patients.