Ileal conduit urinary diversion

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An ileal conduit urinary diversion is a surgically-created urinary diversion used to create a way for the body to store and eliminate urine for patients who have had their urinary bladders removed as a result of bladder cancer or pelvic exenteration.

To create an ileal conduit, the ureters are surgically unattached from the bladder and made to drain into a detached section of ileum (a part of the small intestine). The end of the ileum is then brought out through an opening (a stoma) in the abdominal wall. The urine is collected through a bag that attaches on the outside of the body over the stoma. The bag must be periodically emptied of urine.

See also:

• Urostomy