Quality of Life Following Cystectomy and Urinary Diversion Results of a Retrospective Interdisciplinary Study

Summary: Continent urinary reservoirs are no longer surgical curiosities. but serious options replacin the incontinent conduit as the standard urinary diversion. Now that the frequency of specific complications diminishes with increasing experience the surgeon has to focus on the psychologic and social aspects of his treatment. In a retrospective study we investigated, whether continent diversion and wet urostomy disclose significant differences as to their impact on the patients' quality of life. For this purpose we developed an instrument based on a biopsychosocial model of disease. The questionnaire (102 item…