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Long-Term Complications of Urinary Diversion

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Radical cystectomy and urinary diversion serve as the gold standard treatment for muscle-invasive and high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. This approach has been associated with significant improvement in survival. These patients might live for years after surgery and present with long-term complications mostly related to urinary diversion. Complication rate in patients with urinary diversion has been reported to be as high as 60%. These complications could have detrimental effects on health and quality of life and may even be life-threatening. Long-term follow-up of patients with urinary diversion is of utmost importance as many of diversion-related complications may occur years after surgery. This chapter aims to describe and classify various long-term complications associated with urinary diversion as well as prevention and management strategies.

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Amini, E., Djaladat, H. (2017). Long-Term Complications of Urinary Diversion. In: Daneshmand, S. (eds) Urinary Diversion . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52186-2_8

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