[Complications of continent urinary diversion].

Continent urinary diversion over its advantages, in comparison with incontinent urinary diversion, has serious complications. The authors analyse results and complications, which they registered in 26 patients 10-50 (average 20) months after supravesical continent urinary diversion. The commonest complications were in connection with the continent mechanism, these lead in 8 patients to urinary incontinence. Other serious complications were reservoir perforation during catheterisation in 3 and development of stones in the reservoir in 2 patients. All these major complications necessitated reoperation.