Laparoscopic radical cystectomy with orthotopic neobladder.

Purpose: We report our technique of laparoscopic radical cystectomy in nine patients. Diversion was achieved by a modified Camey II orthotopic neobladder (the Y bladder) performed by a minilaparotomy in three cases and laparoscopically in the last six cases.

Patients And Methods: There were eight men with muscle-invasive transitional-cell carcinoma and one woman with verrucous squamous-cell carcinoma of the bladder.