Button Cystostomy in Children with Neurogenic Bladder: Outcomes from a Single Center
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Patients
2.2. Ethical Considerations
2.3. Study Outcomes
2.4. Study Design
2.5. Surgical Procedure
2.6. Follow-Up
2.7. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Strengths and Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
NB | Neurogenic bladder |
UTI | Urinary tract infection |
CIC | Clean intermittent catheterization |
BC | Button cystostomy |
SD | Spinal dysraphism |
IQR | Interquartile range |
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Patient | Sex | Underlying Condition | Age at BC Placement (Years) | Weight at BC Placement | Postoperative Complications |
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1 | M | VACTERL association | 7.9 | 22 | - |
2 | F | Chromosome 8 microdeletion | 2.8 | 10 | - |
3 | M | SD | 19.4 | 75 | - |
4 | M | ACTG2 gene mutation | 6.5 | 19 | leakage |
5 | F | Craniopagus twin | 4.5 | 19 | UTI |
6 | M | Encephalopathy | 11.8 | 39 | UTI |
7 | M | VACTERL association | 14.5 | 40 | - |
8 | M | Nicolaides–Baraitser syndrome | 5.4 | 21 | leakage |
9 | M | SD | 0.15 | 6 | - |
10 | M | Epileptic encephalopathy | 15.8 | 16 | UTI |
11 | M | SD | 14.8 | 42 | - |
12 | M | SD associated with ARM | 4.7 | 16 | - |
13 | M | SD | 7.3 | 35 | - |
14 | M | Currarino syndrome | 15.5 | 30 | - |
15 | F | VACTERL association | 7.4 | 16 | - |
16 | F | Complex brain malformation | 8.6 | 25 | - |
17 | M | Chromosomal rearrangement | 15.9 | 48 | - |
18 | M | Acute encephalomyelitis | 12.9 | 30 | UTI |
19 | M | SD | 5.5 | 13 | - |
20 | M | Spinal muscular atrophy | 10.2 | 26 | - |
21 | M | Bardet–Biedl syndrome | 2.9 | 16 | UTI |
22 | M | Bladder rhabdomyosarcoma | 9.6 | 27 | - |
23 | F | SD | 5.1 | 15 | - |
24 | F | SD | 7.7 | 13 | - |
25 | F | Crouzon syndrome | 8.9 | 25 | - |
26 | M | SD associated with ARM | 0.7 | 4 | - |
27 | M | SD | 14.8 | 53 | - |
28 | M | SD | 5.5 | 22 | - |
29 | M | SD | 7.9 | 16 | - |
30 | F | SD | 4.2 | 35 | - |
31 | M | Polytrauma | 16.3 | 45 | - |
32 | M | Cerebral ischemia | 13.2 | 30 | - |
33 | M | SD | 13.5 | 35 | - |
Study Cohort (N = 33) | Lacreuse et al. [3] (N = 21) | Varik et al. [18] (N = 29) | Nast et al. [19] (N = 13) | |
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Age at BC placement (y) | 9.14 | 6.8 | 5.04 | 5 |
BC placement technique | EBC: 33 (100) | EBC: 21 (100) | OBC: 14 (48.3) EBC: 3 (10.3) EV: 5 (17.2) SPC: 7 (24.2) | OBC: 1 (7.7) EBC: 5 (38.5) EV: 7 (53.8) |
Postoperative complications | 2 (6.1) | 7 (33.3) | 10 (34.4) | 9 (69.2) * |
Postoperative UTI | 5 (15.2) | 4 (19) | 9 (31) | 3 (23) |
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Galati, M.; Pulvirenti, R.; Barretta, I.; Deanesi, N.; Pellegrino, C.; Zaccara, A.M.; Capitanucci, M.L.; Mosiello, G. Button Cystostomy in Children with Neurogenic Bladder: Outcomes from a Single Center. J. Clin. Med. 2025, 14, 5532. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14155532
Galati M, Pulvirenti R, Barretta I, Deanesi N, Pellegrino C, Zaccara AM, Capitanucci ML, Mosiello G. Button Cystostomy in Children with Neurogenic Bladder: Outcomes from a Single Center. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2025; 14(15):5532. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14155532
Chicago/Turabian StyleGalati, Michela, Rebecca Pulvirenti, Ida Barretta, Noemi Deanesi, Chiara Pellegrino, Antonio Maria Zaccara, Maria Luisa Capitanucci, and Giovanni Mosiello. 2025. "Button Cystostomy in Children with Neurogenic Bladder: Outcomes from a Single Center" Journal of Clinical Medicine 14, no. 15: 5532. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14155532
APA StyleGalati, M., Pulvirenti, R., Barretta, I., Deanesi, N., Pellegrino, C., Zaccara, A. M., Capitanucci, M. L., & Mosiello, G. (2025). Button Cystostomy in Children with Neurogenic Bladder: Outcomes from a Single Center. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(15), 5532. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14155532