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ABSTRACT
Mitrofanoff appendicovesicostomy has been the
method of choice for dealing with urinary incontinence. However, there may be
some cases where some alternate conduits have to be used. Yang-Monti
ileovesicostomy is an alternative to Mitrofanoff appendicovesicostomy. Three
boys who underwent successful Yang-Monti continent ileovesicostomy are reported
in this manuscript. In the first case, Mitrofanoff procedure was done for
traumatic anorectal and urethral disruption after attempting
ureterosigmoidostomy. Later on, on the request of the patient the
appendicovesicostomy was excised. The patient presented later with chronic renal
failure and bilateral hydroureteronephrosis thus an ileovesicostomy was
fashioned. The patient could not be survived due to chronic renal failure
related complications. In the second patient with exstrophy of bladder, the
ileocecal junction along with appendix had to be resected on account of
strangulated inguinal hernia; later on, an ileovesicostomy was performed for
small capacity bladder and major degree of vesicoureteric reflux. The third
patient with exstrophy of bladder, in whom Mitrofanoff procedure had been
performed, presented with stenosis of the appendicovesicostomy. On
re-operation the entire channel had disappeared thus necessitated
ileovesicostomy. Both of these patients were doing well on
follow-up.
KEY WORDS
Mitrofanoff, Appendicovesicostomy, Ileovesicostomy
HOW TO CITE
Sarin YK. Yang-Monti
continent ileovesicostomy: experience with three cases. APSP J Case Rep
2011;2:15.
INTRODUCTION
Ever since the Mitrofanoff
principle of continent catheterizable channel was introduced in 1980, surgical
reconstruction for urinary incontinence has been revolutionized.
Appendicovesicostomy has become the conduit of choice for Mitrofanoff procedure
in the last 3 decades. However, there are several circumstances where an
alternative is required. We describe such situations in three of our patients
where Yang-Monti continent ileovesicostomy was successfully done.
CASE REPORT
Case
1: A 10-year-old boy sustained an accidental gunshot injury resulting in a
shattered perineum. He had pelvic fracture with anorectal as well as urethral
disruption. He underwent an emergency left transverse colostomy and a suprapubic
cystostomy. Later, in another hospital, the ureters were re-implanted into the
sigmoid colon that was used as an incontinent urinary reservoir. The upper end
of descending colon (distal to the transverse colostomy) was obliterated with a
non-absorbable ligature.
The child presented to us for urinary
undiversion. Through Posterior sagittal approach anorectoplasty and perineal
reconstruction was done. Urethral repair was also performed by end-to-end
anastomosis. The ureters were re-implanted into the defunctionalised urinary
bladder (Cohen’s method) and a Mitrofanoff procedure using appendiceal conduit
was performed. Subsequently the colostomy was closed. The patient refrained from
doing clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) through either conduits (urethra
and appendicovesicostomy) in the sheer delight of being once again able to pass
urine per urethra after 1 year of initial injury. Six months later, the
Mitrofanoff appendicovesicostomy was excised on request. The child was lost to
follow up.
Five years later, he presented with hypertension,
chronic renal failure and right-sided optic nerve atrophy. There was bilateral
hydroureteronephrosis on abdominal ultrasound. He was diagnosed to have
neurogenic bladder (hypocontractile) with a large post-void residual urine
volume. Voiding cystourethrogram revealed major degree vesicoureteric reflux on
both sides. Cystourethroscopy demonstrated the urethra to be normal. He was
advised CIC per urethra but was not accepted as it produced pain, being
sensitive’ urethra.
Bilateral ureteral re-implantation was done. Since
the appendix used for Mitrofanoff appendicovesicostomy had already been excised,
a continent catheterizable stoma was fashioned using the Yang-Monti principle. A
2 cm segment of ileum was mobilized with a well vascularized mesentery. The
ileal segment was divided longitudinally on its antimesenteric border. The
opened bowel was then tubularized over a 12 F catheter along the long transverse
axis, perpendicular to the mesentery. This was done in two layers, using fine
absorbable sutures for mucosal approximation followed by a second serosal layer.
The ends were closed with interrupted sutures while the middle part was closed
with a running suture. The end result was a lengthened segment of bowel, about 7
cm long, with a perpendicular vascular pedicle (Fig. 1). This tube was
re-implanted into the bladder as in appendicovesicostomy.
The patient was advised CIC through Yang-Monti channel while awake and
continuous bladder drainage at night. Though he religiously followed this
advice, his compliance to other medical treatment was low. He was being treated
for long time by religious leaders and quacks. This worsened his renal functions
drastically. At the age of 19 years, he was advised renal transplantation, but
there were no willing donors. For next two years, he required biweekly
hemodialysis. At age 21, he died of chronic renal failure and its
related complications.
Case 2: A boy with exstrophy bladder
and double phallus was seen at birth. The phallus in continuity with the urinary
bladder was found to be rudimentary. At the age of three months, he developed
strangulation of right inguinal hernia, which led to resection of gangrenous
ileo-cecal junction along with the appendix. He underwent primary bladder
closure after six months.
At the age of four years, he was
diagnosed to have major degree of vesicoureteric reflux on the left side with a
small capacity bladder. As the appendix was lost at previous surgery,
Mitrofanoff appendicovesicostomy could not be performed. Hence, Yang-Monti
ileovesicostomy, using the same technique as described in case 1 was performed.
At a later stage, genitoplasty was done. He was also advised daytime CIC and
continuous bladder drainage at night. He has been doing well on follow-up as
regards the renal functions and the social acceptability and the Yang-Monti
channel has been complication-free since the last one decade.
Case 3:
An eight-year old boy presented with repaired exstrophy bladder, done
elsewhere, at the age of one year. He had been leaking urine through the wide
penopubic fistula all these years. No attempt had been made to reconstruct his
epispadiac penis. On investigations, he was diagnosed to have small capacity
bladder (approximately 20cc) and preserved renal tracts. Bladder augmentation
with colon, Young-Dees-Leadbetter bladder neck reconstruction along with
Mitrofanoff procedure was done. Due to the small size of the native bladder and
unusual configuration of the vermiform appendix, the latter was implanted in the
bowel ‘augment’ and not the native bladder. The caecal end of the Mitrofanoff
conduit was implanted in the ‘augment’ and the appendicular tip was brought out
at the skin surface. The postoperative course was uneventful.
The patient returned after 8
months with stenosed Mitrofanoff channel. He had again started leaking from the
penopubic fistula suggesting a failed bladder neck reconstruction. He was
readmitted and prepared for the revision of Mitrofanoff channel, reconstruction/
closure of bladder neck and epispadias repair. At exploration, the capacity of
the augmented bladder was satisfactory, but surprisingly the entire Mitrofanoff
channel had disappeared. A continent catheterizable stoma with ileum was
fashioned using the Yang-Monti principle. One important intra-operative
complication worth mentioning here is that vascular pedicle of initial
Yang-Monti channel was accidentally damaged by an assistant during surgery. A
second Yang-Monti channel was similarly constructed with much ease. Bladder neck
closure and Ransley’s repair of epispadias was done.
The child has been
followed for 2 ½ years since the last surgery. He has been doing well on daytime
3 hourly CIC, daily bladder wash and night time bladder drainage through
Yang-Monti channel.
DISCUSSION
The main advantages of the
appendix are a good blood supply, satisfactory lumen, stoma shape and
auto-lubrication (it produces mucus). However, there are several circumstances
where an alternative is required; either when the appendix is congenitally
absent or unsuitable for use (short, kinked, partly stenosed, limited mobility
of mesentery). It may have been removed or used previously (as was the situation
in our two cases). Moreover, many children undergoing continent reconstruction
of their urinary tract also suffer from fecal incontinence or chronic
constipation.
A Malone antegrade continent enema (MACE) can be performed
at the same time as urinary tract procedure. The appendix is far superior to
other options in creating the MACE channel, and should probably be reserved for
this purpose in patients with combined bladder and bowel incontinence. On rare
occasions the appendix may be of adequate length to allow splitting into 2
segments, which are used to fashion a MACE channel and a Mitrofanoff conduit
simultaneously [1]. The other disadvantage of using appendix for Mitrofanoff
conduit is its small caliber requiring small catheters to empty the
reconstructed bladder. As a result, poor bladder emptying and mucous pooling may
occur, leading to increased incidence of bladder stone formation and spontaneous
bladder perforation. Above all, the risk of inflammation due to appendicitis is
always present and has been observed [2].
Though the stenosis
of the Mitrofanoff channel is a known complication, its disappearance due to
compromised blood supply as seen in our case 3 has never been reported. The
unusual configuration of vermiform appendix and our choice of putting the
appendix the other way around may have contributed.
Other tubular
structures used as alternatives to appendix are ureters, tapered ileum,
tubularized flaps of urinary bladder, cecum and stomach; fallopian tube, vas
deferens and preputial tube. In 1993, Yang described a technique of transverse
retubularization of ileum to create a continent catheterisable conduit [4]. In
1997, Monti et al further studied this technique in a canine model. Since then,
others have successfully performed transverse retubularized ileovesicostomy
continent urinary diversion with good results. Advantages of Yang-Monti
ileovesicostomy include constant availability, need for a very short segment of
bowel, adequate mobility of the conduit and its mesentery, reliable vascularity,
adequate channel length (multisegment channel) and diameter (better mucus
clearance with larger catheters), and preservation of appendix for simultaneous
or future MACE procedure. Moreover, if a bladder augmentation is also needed,
the mesentery to the catheterizable stoma and the bowel for augmentation can be
mobilized together. Modifications to increase the length of the channel when
necessary, include transverse retubularized sigmoidovesicostomy, use of two
ileal segments anastomosed at their mesenteric ends; and a technique dividing
the bowel into two segments for 80% of its circumference, unfolding and
reconfiguring as a single long channel (double in length) [5,6].
Narayanswamy et al have reported a higher incidence of catheterization problems
with the Yang-Monti conduit when compared to appendicovesicostomy [7]. However,
others have reported lower incidences of postoperative complications requiring
additional procedures, when the Monti conduit was fashioned [5-7].
Use of
ureters has been shown to result in higher risk of complications due to
associated ureteral reconstruction as well as a greater incidence of stomal
stenosis [8]. A ‘continent vesicostomy’ has the advantage of avoiding
intra-peritoneal surgery, large conduit diameter and preservation of appendix.
However there is a significantly increased risk of stomal stenosis [4]. A
gastric tube causes peristomal skin breakdown due to gastric secretions and is
hence unacceptable [9]. Use of vas deferens and fallopian tube have been
reported only anecdotally, have high revision rates (>40%), and should be
reserved as salvage options [10]. Krstic has described the use of
preputial tube successfully; however, this conduit is obviously unavailable in a
female or a circumscribed male patient [11].
We conclude that the
Yang-Monti channel can be considered an ideal alternative to the appendix. It is
easy to create; producing a good caliber tube with minimal loss of bowel length,
and it configures the valvulae connivantes in the longitudinal axis of the
conduit, facilitating easier catheterization. As the conduit is on a mobile
mesentery, there is no restriction on siting the abdominal wall stoma.
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Ileovesicostomy: Experience with Three Cases
Yogesh Kumar Sarin
Department of Paediatric
Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College New Delhi, India.
*Corresponding Author's E-mail address: sarinyk@yahoo.com
APSP J Case Rep 2011; 2: 15
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Accepted on: 18-06-2011
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