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augmentation cystoplasty

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cystoplasty /cys·to·plas·ty/ (-plas″te) plastic repair of the bladder.
augmentation cystoplasty  enlargement of the bladder by grafting to it a detached segment of intestine (enterocystoplasty) or stomach (gastrocystoplasty).
sigmoid cystoplasty  augmentation cystoplasty using an isolated segment of the sigmoid colon.

augmentation cystoplasty
Urology Reconstructive surgery in which a segment of the bowel is removed and used to replace part of the diseased bladder, in Pts with severe urge incontinence Complications Bowel obstruction, blood clots, infection, pneumonia, urinary fistulae, UTIs, difficulty urinating, and rarely tumors


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