Which surgical procedure is performed to create an anastomosis between a portion of the bowel and the urinary bladder?

The surgical procedure performed to create an anastomosis between a portion of the bowel and the urinary bladder is referred to as cystolitholapaxy. This procedure typically involves the removal of bladder stones, but in certain instances where there is a need to create a urinary diversion or a new passageway for urine, a segment of bowel may be used to facilitate the connection between the intestines and the bladder.

Cystolitholapaxy is often considered in conditions that affect the bladder or urinary tract, where the integration of bowel is necessary to establish proper urinary drainage or management of bladder dysfunction. This anastomosis is essential in situations where the bladder’s normal function is compromised, and you want to redirect urine appropriately, leveraging bowel tissue which has different properties and can prevent complications associated with a direct anastomosis of urinary structures.

Other procedures listed, such as colostomy, hernia repair, and ureterostomy, do not involve creating an anastomosis with the bladder. A colostomy is a procedure to divert the bowel contents to an external pouch, a hernia repair addresses a protrusion of an organ or tissue through the abdominal wall, and a ureterostomy involves the re-routing of the ure