[Replacement of the urinary bladder by the stomach body].

In the period from 2001 through 2004 plasty of the urinary bladder was performed in 24 patients using a. et v. gastroepyploici dexter. Mean age of the patients (18 men and 6 women) was 58.2 years. Gastrocystoplasty in 18 patients was performed after radical cystectomy for urinary bladder cancer, in 6 patients for neurogenic and small urinary bladder. The authors' original modification with a complete transversal resection of the stomach body taken together with the lesser curvature was used in operations on 10 patients. Early postoperative complications developed in one patient, late ones--in two patients, there were no lethal outcomes. Positive functional results were noted in all patients within the terms of observations from 2 through 22 months. Good quality of life was noted in all of them.