Long-term metabolic advantages of a gastrointestinal composite urinary reservoir.

Purpose: We investigated the long-term metabolic impact of gastrointestinal composite reservoirs.

Materials And Methods: Nine patients underwent construction of a gastroileal (7) or gastrocolonic (2) reservoir for continent urinary diversion. Four cases of metabolic acidosis were converted from a preexisting conduit and the other 5 patients had diversion for either preexisting metabolic acidosis or the short bowel syndrome.