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Does anyone have experience with a urology physcian in Wisconsin that deals with neobladders and followup care. The doctor that performed my husband's surgery has left the state and we were assigned another at UW Madison hospital/clinic, but they are understaffed. We want to find a urology doctor that has time to spend with the patient so we are comfortable with all the follow up that will be required and if some procedure is needed we can get an appt in a timely manner. Are there any other clinics that have qualified doctors? Are other doctors willing to take on a patient after surgery if

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My husband had neobladder surgery June 15. All was going well until an infection July 16. He was admitted back to the hospital for 4 days, he still had the malacot tube. He was voiding on schedule (only 20 to 50 cc from the tube after voiding normally) and didn't seem to have a problem. When he had the infection they told him to use the bag for the first week to keep the bladder as empty as possible and restart voiding normally and finish emptying with the malacot the second week. This is when he noticed that voiding normally wasn't going as well as before. He either urinated very little or

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