A cystectomy is a surgery to remove your bladder. The bladder can stretch or relax to hold about 2 cups of urine (pee). Cystectomy often treats bladder cancer. But bladder removal surgery can help ...

Procedures to either replace the bladder or help the bladder hold urine are called urinary diversions. Urinary diversion can be as simple as using a small part of the bowel as a tube for the urine to ...

Urinary diversion surgery creates a new way for urine to exit your body after bladder removal. There are three different surgical options for urinary diversion. Two of them give you control over when ...

Cutaneous urinary diversion is a procedure that involves making incisions into the skin to create a new pathway for urine to exit your body. If your urinary tract doesn’t function well, you may need a ...

For years, doctors have known that the urinary bladder, more than any other organ in the human body, possesses remarkable powers of regeneration, e.g., after removal of a diseased section, the bladder ...

There is a time when "tough love" isn't appropriate. And when a spouse, family member or friend is dealing with the consequences of bladder cancer, that is certainly not what is called for. While ...