When your bladder is no longer able to do its job, surgically constructed pouches can be a viable substitute. One of the earliest of these is known as the Kock pouch (pronounced “coke” pouch). The ...

During surgery to remove your bladder, your surgeon might make an internal pouch to hold urine. On your tummy (abdomen) you have a small hole called a stoma. To pass urine, you pass a thin tube ( ...

Procedures to either replace the bladder or help the bladder hold urine are called urinary diversions. Urinary diversion can be as simple as using a small part of the bowel as a tube for the urine to ...

How you pass urine depends on which surgery you have. Your nurse will support you after your operation. They help you learn and adapt to a new way of passing urine. You may notice that your bowel ...

An ostomy pouch is a collection system you wear on your body following a lifesaving ostomy surgery, which reroutes how your body expels waste. An ostomy pouch collects urine or feces from a stoma, an ...

Invasive bladder cancer, which is when cancer has invaded the muscles of the bladder wall, is often treated with a radical cystectomy. This involves the removal of the entire bladder. Individuals ...

A urostomy is an opening in the abdominal wall that a surgeon creates during surgery. It allows urine to bypass an injured or impaired bladder and exit the body. A person may require a urostomy as a ...