an operation to allow urine passage when the bladder or urethra has become blocked or been removed
the process of altering the normal channels of urine flow. This can be by using tubes to change the course of urine or by doing one of several surgical operations which can temporarily or permanently alter the course of urine flow.
A term used when the bladder is removed or the normal structures are being bypassed and an opening is made in the urinary system to divert urine. The flow of urine is diverted through an opening in the abdominal wall.
MS = Temporary or permanent diversion of the flow of urine through the ureter away from the bladder in the presence of a bladder disease or after cystectomy. There is a variety of techniques: direct anastomosis of ureter and bowel, cutaneous ureterostomy, ileal, jejunal or colon conduit, ureterosigmoidostomy, etc. (From Campbell's Urology, 6th ed, p2654) AN = GEN or unspecified; note specifics in tree; if not in tree, coord IM with organ /surg (NIM); TN 189: do not coord with URETER; Manual 26.17.1; do not use /util except by MeSH defintion UI = D014547
(YUR-ih-NAYR-ee dih-VUR-zhun) A surgical procedure to make a new way for urine to leave the body. It may involve redirecting urine into the colon, using catheters to drain the bladder, or making an opening in the abdomen and collecting urine in a bag outside the body.
Urinary diversion is any one of several surgical procedures to reroute urine flow from its normal pathway. It may be necessary for diseased or defective ureters, bladder or urethra, either temporarily or permanently. Some diversions result in a stoma.