Editing Orthotopic Urinary Diversion (section)

=== Early post-operative complications ===
* '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Occur at similar rate in all types of urinary diversions:</span>'''
** '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Bleeding, infection, thrombotic events, cardiovascular, pulmonary, and GI complications</span>'''
* '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Ureteral complications are possible with any type of diversion</span>'''
* '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Urine leaks can occur with any type of diversion but are more common in continent diversion</span> than in conduits because of the long suture lines'''
**'''<span style="color:#ff0000">These urine leaks usually resolve with With good catheter drainage and properly managed stents alone</span>, as long as a urinoma does not form'''
*** '''<span style="color:#ff0000">If a patient has an undrained leak, an attempt at percutaneous drainage and/or bilateral nephrostomy tube placement is preferable to open surgical repair.</span>'''
****≈5% of patients require some sort of percutaneous drain or nephrostomy tube placement during the early postoperative period to manage these problems.
****Open surgical repair is extremely difficult during the first few weeks after the initial surgery and is likely to be complicated by enterotomies and a risk of fistula formation.