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  2. Indiana pouch - Wikipedia

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    An Indiana pouch 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, pelvic exenteration, bladder exstrophy or who are not continent due to a congenital, neurogenic bladder.

  3. Multiple system atrophy - Wikipedia

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    The average lifespan after the onset of symptoms in patients with MSA is 6–10 years. [3] Approximately 60% of patients require a wheelchair within five years of onset of the motor symptoms, and few patients survive beyond 12 years. [3] The disease progresses without remission at a variable rate.

  4. Urinary diversion - Wikipedia

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    Urinary diversion is a surgical technique used to create a new pathway for urine to exit the body, often following the removal of the bladder as part of treatment for bladder cancer. [1] In addition to bladder cancer, urinary diversion may be necessary in cases of severe trauma, congenital abnormalities, or other conditions that compromise the ...

  5. Ureterostomy - Wikipedia

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    One end of the ileum piece is sealed off and the other end is brought to the surface of the abdomen to form the stoma. It is the most common technique used for urinary diversion. Cystostomy: The flow of urine is diverted from the bladder to the abdominal wall. It features placement of a tube through the abdominal wall into the bladder, and is ...

  6. How Long You Were Expected to Live the Year You Were Born

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    1940. Overall life expectancy: 62.9 Women: 65.2 Men: 60.8 The United States began the ’40s on an upswing, with life expectancy up sharply from 58.5 years in 1936, when the nation was still ...

  7. Ureterosigmoidostomy - Wikipedia

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    Patients with ureterosigmoidostomy have a 100 times greater chance of developing carcinoma of the colon after living with the modification for a number of years (an average of 20–30 years after the operation), 24% of patients go on to develop carcinoma of the bowel. [1]

  8. Tethered cord syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Urinary irregularities (incontinence or retention) [3] Tethered spinal cord syndrome may go undiagnosed until adulthood, when sensory, motor, bowel, and bladder control issues emerge. This delayed presentation of symptoms relates to the degree of strain on the spinal cord over time. [4] Tethering may also develop after spinal cord injury.

  9. Urostomy - Wikipedia

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    Urostomy is most commonly performed after cystectomy, such as may be necessary in, for example, bladder cancer.Other indications include severe kidney disease, accidental damage or injury to the urinary tract, surgical complications because of non-related pelvic or abdominal surgery, congenital defects that cause urine to back up into the kidneys, or urinary incontinence.