Urinary diversion surgery creates a new way for urine to exit your body after bladder removal. There are three different surgical options for urinary diversion. Two of them give you control over when ...

Radical cystectomy involves bladder removal and urinary diversion, often using a laparoscopic robot-assisted approach for precision and access. The surgery lasts four to six hours, with a recovery ...

A drug that helps the immune system find cancer cells also helps patients avoid having their bladders surgically removed (cystectomy), a new study shows. The findings apply to serious cases after ...

Omitting extended antibiotics after cystectomy does not appear to increase the risk for urinary tract infection (UTI) associated with the procedure, according to interim results from a small, ...

Dr. Janet Kukreja explains one urinary diversion option available to patients undergoing bladder removal. For patients with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy, or the surgical removal of the ...

Inlexzo is a new treatment for a type of bladder cancer in adults that hasn’t spread to the muscles and doesn’t respond to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy. It’s approved for treating non-muscle ...

Share on Pinterest A new urine test may enable more personalized treatment for bladder cancer. Image credit: SolStock/Getty Images A new urine-based test can detect minimal residual bladder cancer ...