ORTHOTOPIC RECONSTRUCTION IN A WOMAN FOLLOWING CYSTECTOMY AND CUTANEOUS URINARY-DIVERSION - THE 1ST REPORTED CASE

Orthotopic lower urinary tract reconstruction has become the procedure of choice in selected male and female patients at our institution fol lowing cystectomy with excellent functional results. A natural extensi on of the orthotopic neobladder is undiversion to the intact native ur ethra in patients who had previously undergone cystectomy and cutaneou s urinary diversion. Undiversion has been successfully performed in se lected male patients; however, to our knowledge, undiversion has not b een reported in women, Herein, we present the Ist case of undiversion in a female patient who had undergone prior cystectomy and cutaneous u rinary diversion.