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General Surgery

Urinary Bladder

Built from Skandalakis' Surgical Anatomy: The Embryologic and Anatomic Basis of Modern Surgery

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12 sections · 134 slides

  1. 01

    Overview

    • Scope of this topic

    1 slide

  2. 02

    Embryogenesis and congenital anomalies

    • Division of the cloaca
    • Fate of the allantois and formation of the urachus
    • Descent of the bladder from abdomen to pelvis
    • Development of the bladder
    • Malformations of the urachus
    • Exstrophy of the bladder
    • Development of the infraumbilical wall and of exstrophy
    • Reference table on the anomalies
    • Anomalies of the Bladder and Urethra
    • Anomalies of the Bladder and Urethra (continued)

    10 slides

  3. 03

    Topography and relations

    • Determinants of bladder position and shape
    • Capacity of the adult bladder
    • Volume thresholds and paediatric capacity
    • Empty and full bladder
    • Empty bladder in the male pelvis
    • Full bladder and the extraperitoneal approach
    • Four surfaces, four ducts and four angles

    7 slides

  4. 04

    Spaces, ligaments and fixation

    • The prevesical space of Retzius
    • Boundaries and lining of the space of Retzius
    • Two compartments anterior to the bladder
    • Fascial spaces and laminae around bladder, prostate and rectum
    • Ligaments and pillars of the bladder
    • The bladder and its ligaments
    • Ligaments of the Bladder
    • Ligaments of the Bladder (continued)
    • Retrovesical space in the male
    • Contents between bladder fundus and rectum
    • Male pelvic peritoneum in paramedian section
    • Female pelvic peritoneum in paramedian section
    • Pelvic fascia of the male in median sagittal section
    • Fixation of the bladder

    14 slides

  5. 05

    Bladder wall, trigone and vesical neck

    • The four coats of the bladder wall
    • The detrusor as a surgical entity
    • Structure of the bladder wall
    • Detrusor instability and the urgency syndrome
    • Suggested Etiologic Factors in the Hyperactive Bladder
    • Anatomy of the trigone
    • Superficial and deep layers of the trigone
    • Tanagho on the continuity of ureter and trigone
    • Ureterovesical junction and trigone
    • The vesical neck and internal sphincter
    • The urethral sphincter in the female
    • Obturator fascia in cystourethropexy

    12 slides

  6. 06

    Vascular supply and lymphatic drainage

    • Arterial supply of the bladder
    • Arterial supply of the bladder
    • Venous drainage of the bladder
    • Venous drainage and the plexus of Santorini
    • Lymphatic drainage of the bladder wall
    • Regional nodal drainage and its surgical relevance

    6 slides

  7. 07

    Innervation and control of micturition

    • Overview of bladder innervation
    • de Groat on central regulation
    • Sympathetic pathway to the bladder
    • Parasympathetic pathway to the bladder
    • Vesical pain pathways
    • Current view of pain from the pelvic viscera
    • Pelvic nerves and plexuses
    • Nerve supply of the bladder and urethra
    • Somatic innervation and the pudendal nerve
    • Fowler on the extent of bladder innervation
    • Levels of micturition control
    • Descending pathway and innervation of the bladder
    • Voluntary initiation and interruption of micturition
    • Receptor distribution in bladder, urethra and pelvic floor
    • Internal and external sphincters compared
    • Continence mechanism in the female

    16 slides

  8. 08

    Neurogenic and unstable bladder

    • The unstable bladder
    • Neurogenic bladder in meningomyelocele
    • Two practical types of neuropathic bladder
    • Efferent (spastic) neurogenic bladder
    • Spastic neurogenic bladder
    • Afferent (flaccid) neurogenic bladder
    • Volumes tolerated in the flaccid bladder
    • Flaccid neurogenic bladder
    • Management of the flaccid neurogenic bladder

    9 slides

  9. 09

    Histology and physiology of the urothelium

    • The vesical mucosa
    • Four properties of the urothelial barrier
    • Loss of the urothelial barrier in infectious cystitis
    • Regional control of bladder musculature
    • The dual physiologic destiny of the bladder
    • Membranous urethra of the adult male
    • The female urethra in sagittal section

    7 slides

  10. 10

    Surgery of the urinary bladder

    • Surgery for bladder exstrophy
    • Bladder injuries
    • Bladder fistulas
    • Bladder calculi
    • Cystoscopy
    • Partial cystectomy
    • Total (radical) cystectomy
    • Urinary diversion after cystectomy
    • Incisions for bladder surgery

    9 slides

  11. 11

    Anatomic complications of radical cystectomy

    • Anatomic knowledge required for radical cystectomy
    • Anatomic complications of radical cystectomy
    • Bleeding of arterial or venous origin
    • Level of internal iliac ligation and buttock ischaemia
    • Ligation of the anterior pedicles for cystectomy
    • Obturator nerve injury
    • Palpating the obturator structures in the retropubic space
    • Obturator nerve and vessels in the right pelvis
    • Rectal injury
    • Prevention of impotence: the neurovascular bundle
    • Prostate in cross section with the neurovascular bundle
    • Surgical plane in radical prostatectomy
    • Incision in the lateral pelvic fascia that spares the bundle
    • Correct site for ligation of the lateral pedicle
    • Urinary incontinence after radical cystectomy
    • Vaginal cuff complications
    • Urinary diversion complications and wound dehiscence

    17 slides

  12. 12

    History table and key points

    • How to read the historical table
    • Anatomic and Surgical History of the Bladder
    • Anatomic and Surgical History of the Bladder (continued)
    • Anatomic and Surgical History of the Bladder (continued)
    • Anatomic and Surgical History of the Bladder (continued)
    • Anatomic and Surgical History of the Bladder (continued)
    • Key anatomical points
    • Key clinical and operative points
    • Authorities cited in the text
    • Authorities cited in the text (continued)
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