A cystectomy removes part or all of your bladder and other organs, too. Commonly used to treat bladder cancer, cystectomy can reroute urine through a small hole in your belly (stoma).

Surgery to remove the bladder (cystectomy) A cystectomy is an operation to remove your bladder. This is a big operation. You might be in hospital for between 5 and 14 nights. After surgery to remove ...

Removal of the bladder, called radical cystectomy, is the preferred treatment for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) as well as for some with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer ...

North Carolina resident Allen Beckett, 71, had his radical cystectomy eight years ago and now volunteers with the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN). He’s often seen how radical cystectomy ...

If the cancer is large or has spread to more than one part of your bladder, your doctor will likely remove the entire organ and the nearby lymph nodes.This is a radical cystectomy.

Bladder removal surgery, or cystectomy, is the removal of the urinary bladder. After surgery, there may be pain and it can take several weeks to recover. A person will also need to adapt to using ...

Bladder removal (radical cystectomy) is an effective treatment for bladder cancer.A new study shows patients recover well from the surgery and have good quality of life. When Toni Carlos was diagnosed ...

Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy Versus Open Radical Cystectomy in Patients With Bladder Cancer (RAZOR): An Open-Label, Randomised, Phase 3, Non-Inferiority Trial ...

For radical cystectomy, robot-assisted surgery has some advantages over open procedures, according to a randomized multicenter trial. 1 When performed in patients with nonmetastatic bladder cancer ...

Ileal neobladder: Also known as a bladder substitute, this involves creating an internal pouch from the ileum. The pouch reroutes urine through the urethra rather than to a stoma.