cystoplasty

Any reconstructive operation on the urinary bladder. Cf.:ileocystoplasty, colocystoplasty. [cysto- + G. plastos, formed]

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cys·to·plas·ty 'sis-tə-.plas-tē n, pl -ties plastic surgery on the urinary bladder

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n.

the operation of enlarging the capacity of the bladder by incorporating a segment of bowel. In a clam cystoplasty, the bladder is cut across longitudinally from one side of the neck to the other side through the dome (fundus) of the bladder and a length of the ileum or colon is inserted as a patch. In the operation of ileocaecocystoplasty, the dome is removed by cutting across the bladder transversely or sagittally above the openings of the ureters; it is replaced by an isolated segment of caecum and terminal ileum. In ileocystoplasty the bladder is enlarged by an opened-out portion of small intestine. The bladder may be totally replaced by a reservoir constructed from either small or large intestine (see cystectomy).

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cys·to·plas·ty (sisґto-plas″te) [cysto- + -plasty] any plastic or reconstructive operation on the bladder, usually referring to augmentation cystoplasty. cystoplastic adj