PMID: 15368695Sep 17, 2004Paper

Prevention of vesicoureteral reflux at the time of complete primary repair of the exstrophy-epispadias complex

International Urology and Nephrology
J M GaratH Villavicencio

Abstract

With Mitchell's technique it is possible to perform bladder closure, reconstruction of epispadias and the bladder neck in one single procedure in an exstrophy patient. However the most common postoperative complication is pyelonephritis secondary to vesicouretral reflux. Reflux is closely linked to bladder exstrophy due to an abnormal anatomic development of the distal ureteral segment and to a pathologic bladder disposition. This problem is normally solved in subsequent surgical procedures. We decided to apply the technique described by Gil-Vernet as a first step of a bladder exstrophy repair following the Mitchell's technique. This ureteral advancement by means of trigonoplasty is a simple surgical procedure for vesicouretral reflux that preserves the intrinsic and extrinsic periureteral musculature. It is quite a short procedure that has yielded rates of success over 90%. The realization of this antireflux technique together with the primary closure could avoid later surgical correction in patients whose have had multiple operations.

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