METABOLIC COMPLICATIONS SECONDARY TO OBSTRUCTION OF A KOCK POUCH AFFERENT LIMB

Authors
MATHEWS R JEFFS RD FIVUSH B DOCIMO SG
Citation
R. Mathews et al., METABOLIC COMPLICATIONS SECONDARY TO OBSTRUCTION OF A KOCK POUCH AFFERENT LIMB, Urology, 50(2), 1997, pp. 289-291
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Urology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00904295
Volume
50
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
289 - 291
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-4295(1997)50:2<289:MCSTOO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Metabolic complications are frequently seen following urinary diversio n with an intestinal segment. Afferent limb complications are noted in 10% of patients undergoing continent Kock urinary diversion. We prese nt a patient with cloacal exstrophy who developed significant hypocalc emic tetany and metabolic acidosis related to a nondraining afferent l imb of a Kock pouch created to achieve continence, (C) 1997, Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.