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cystostomy
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cystostomy /cys·tos·to·my/ (sis-tos´tah-me) surgical formation of an opening into the bladder.
cys·tos·to·my (s-stst-m)
n.
The surgical formation of an opening into the urinary bladder.

cystostomy
[sistos′təmē]
an opening made in the bladder for drainage, usually through a catheter inserted through the abdominal skin.

vesicostomy [ves″ĭ-kos´tah-me]
surgical creation of an opening into the bladder; called also cystostomy.
A continent vesicostomy. From Polaski and Tatro, 1996.
cutaneous vesicostomy surgical anastomosis of the bladder mucosa to an opening in the skin below the umbilicus, creating a stoma for bladder drainage.

cystostomy (sistos´tmē),
n creating a surgical opening into the urinary bladder or gallbladder.

cystostomy
surgical formation of an opening into the bladder.


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