Extraperitoneal bilateral cutaneous ureterostomy with midline stoma for palliation of pelvic cancer.

ABSTRACT

In a subset of patients with intractable symptoms from incurable pelvic cancer, palliative cystectomy and urinary diversion with intestinal segments may not be feasible. The described technique, in which a midline stoma was constructed and dissection was entirely extraperitoneal, resulted in symptom relief in 8 patients.