Bladder exstrophy in adulthood: therapeutical aspects based on three cases.

Bladder exstrophy is a malformation which the incidence is estimated at 3.3 per 100 000 births. It is usually treated in the first hours of life. The authors report three cases of bladder exstrophy treated in adult life with continent urinary diversion such as Benchekroun continent ileocaecal bladde r (CICB). After a literature review on the management of bladder exstrophy, they studied clinical and therapeutical particularities of the bladder exs trophy in adulthood. (C) 2001 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.