Pregnancy After Urinary Diversion at Young Ages-Risks and Outcome.
Objective To assess the urologic and obstetric outcomes during and after pregnancy following urinary diversion (UD) performed during childhood or adolescence. Materials and Methods From our UD database, we identified 25 women who became pregnant between 1981 and 2013. Reasons for UD were neurogenic bladder, exstrophy, trauma, sinus urogenitalis, and interstitial cystitis. Seventeen had continent cutaneous diversion, 4 had continent anal diversion, and 4 had colonic conduit. Results The average age at delivery was 27.8 (18-39) years. Thirty-seven pregnancies occurred; 1 patient decided for an induced abortion. Thirty-two healthy children were born. Five patients had a spontaneous abortion be…