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What are treatment options for elderly patients with a remote history of cystoprostatectomy with neobladder who are no longer able to empty their neobladder fully, are unable to CIC, and are beginning to have complications such as infection and rising creatinine?

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Urology · Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

The recommended management of elderly patients with this history is dependent on several factors. The fact that they are unable to drain spontaneously and unable to perform CIC limits the options for drainage. With their creatinine rising, this also suggests that limiting the contact time of excrete...

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