Also known as ileal conduit. A small urine reservoir that is surgically created from a segment of bowel. The ureters are attached to one end of the bowel segment and the other end is brought out through an opening in the skin known as a stoma and empties into a plastic bag type resevoir. The patient then drains the collected urine out of the reservoir when it becomes full.

About Your Cystectomy and Creation of an Ileal Conduit
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center provides an excellent pre and post surgery explaination guide that can be downloaded for free by clicking the link above.

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