Kock to urethra: continent functional bladder replacement.

Since 1950 when Bricker first described the construction of the ileal conduit, this procedure has become a standard method of urinary diversion after pelvic exenteration. Recently, increasing interest in continent diversions has resulted in the development of several new procedures, using both small bowel and large bowel to produce and internal urinary reservoir. Such reservoirs still maintain a urinary stoma which requires periodic …