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Case Presentation On Urinary Bladder Cancer And Cysto-Prostatectomy, Tetiana Soloviova
Case Presentation On Urinary Bladder Cancer And Cysto-Prostatectomy, Tetiana Soloviova
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Patients who have invasive bladder cancer (spread to different tissues and organs) may need to have a radical cystectomy type of surgery. In male patients, the surgeon usually removes the prostate and seminal vesicles in addition to the bladder, parts of the ureters, and lymph nodes (Nicholson, 2017, ¶ 1)
In our case a reconstructive surgery followed right after removing of the bladder and prostate gland. A different way of urine to be stored and passed from the patient’s body was created by the surgeon. A part of small intestine was used to make up a reservoir that will serve …