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vesicostomy

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vesicostomy /ves·i·cos·to·my/ (ves″ĭ-kos´tah-me) cystostomy.
cutaneous vesicostomy  surgical anastomosis of the bladder mucosa to an opening in the skin below the umbilicus, creating a stoma for bladder drainage.

ves·i·cos·to·my (vs-kst-m)
n.
Surgical creation of a stoma between the anterior bladder wall and the skin of the lower abdomen, for temporary or permanent lower urinary tract diversion.

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.

vesicostomy
the formation of an opening into the bladder; cystostomy.

cutaneous vesicostomy
surgical anastomosis of the bladder mucosa to an opening in the abdominal skin, creating a stoma for bladder drainage.


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A vesicostomy is an opening in the abdomen that allows urine to drain continuously from the bladder.
Born with spina bifida, Lisa had a vesicostomy when she was an infant because her bladder was not big enough, and a problem with the bladder neck allowed urine to reflux back into her kidneys.
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