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Bladder replacement with modified Studer pouch using absorbable staples. 1997

M Cecchi, and C A Sepich, and G Pagni, and L Fiorentini

Department of Urology, University of Pisa, Italy.

The use of absorbable staples may allow to reduce the operating time of orthotopic bladder replacement. We report our experience in 14 patients with a modification of the Studer technique using absorbable PolyGIA instruments. The technique has been shown to be simple and quick to perform (time for pouch creation 15-40 minutes, mean 16 minutes) with no significant intraoperative difficulties. Urodynamic data and continence are satisfactory and seem comparable to different procedures and not related to staples' use. The main question remains if the reduced operating time equalizes the high cost of staple devices.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D001749	Urinary Bladder Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the URINARY BLADDER.	Bladder Cancer,Bladder Neoplasms,Cancer of Bladder,Bladder Tumors,Cancer of the Bladder,Malignant Tumor of Urinary Bladder,Neoplasms, Bladder,Urinary Bladder Cancer,Bladder Cancers,Bladder Neoplasm,Bladder Tumor,Cancer, Bladder,Cancer, Urinary Bladder,Neoplasm, Bladder,Neoplasm, Urinary Bladder,Tumor, Bladder,Tumors, Bladder,Urinary Bladder Neoplasm
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000042	Absorption	The physical or physiological processes by which substances, tissue, cells, etc. take up or take in other substances or energy.
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D016476	Urinary Reservoirs, Continent	Structures which collect and store urine and are emptied by catheterization of a cutaneous stoma or internal diversion to the urethra. The reservoirs are surgically created during procedures for urinary diversion.	Colonic Urinary Reservoirs,Continent Urinary Reservoirs,Colonic Urinary Reservoir,Continent Urinary Reservoir,Reservoir, Colonic Urinary,Reservoir, Continent Urinary,Reservoirs, Colonic Urinary,Reservoirs, Continent Urinary,Urinary Reservoir, Colonic,Urinary Reservoir, Continent,Urinary Reservoirs, Colonic
D017792	Surgical Stapling	A technique of closing incisions and wounds, or of joining and connecting tissues, in which staples are used as sutures.	Stapling, Surgical,Staplings, Surgical,Surgical Staplings