Bladder augmentation is increasing the size of the bladder, usually with a patch of bowel. This allows patients to store a lot of urine in their bladder. It is usually used for patients that have ...

Previous findings have shown that bladder augmentation increases the risk of malignancy, and the benefits and disadvantages of this procedure are currently debated.

Graphical comparison of bladder augmentation surgery using either ileum (top) or a cell-seeded, biodegradable scaffold (bottom). MSCs and HSPCs represent different types of stem cells found in the ...

The need for bladder augmentation to obtain urinary continence also varies, with reports that somewhere between 10% and 90% of patients require an augmentation procedure to gain urinary continence.

Intestinal bladder augmentation is very successful in treatment of OAB symptoms; however, this is major surgery that involves the risk for significant morbidity.

Seven bladder stones occurred in patients treated for exstrophy, but were attributed to the additional bladder-neck procedures these patients had undergone at augmentation.

Because Sharma's procedure does not use bowel tissue, it offers the benefits of augmentation without the association of long-term risks.

Because Sharma's procedure does not use bowel tissue, it offers the benefits of augmentation without the association of long-term risks.

Two patients who underwent a less commonly performed bladder surgery, called bladder augmentation have been warned about the increased risk of developing bladder cancer.

Bladder surgery is an option for interstitial cystitis, but in most cases, doctors aim to manage IC symptoms with less invasive treatments first.

In some cases the bladder cannot be salvaged with augmentation surgery. Some bladders are so contracted that augmentation of their volume is not practical. Also other patients may have problems like ...