Surgery

You may have been told that is it necessary to have surgery to treat your bladder cancer effectively.

On this page, you can find information about the most common surgical procedures for treating bladder cancer - whether this is an operation to remove your bladder (Cystectomy) or a type of urinary diversion. 

Learn more about what the procedures are, what happens after surgery, and how you might feel as you recover. 

Cystectomy: Removal of the bladder containing cancer is an effective method of management of muscle-invasive bladder cancer and can also be an option for high risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer when either BCG therapy is considered unsuitable or where the BCG treatment fails or is not tolerated. Find out more. 

Urostomy: A surgically created opening (stoma) on the abdomen that allows urine to drain from the body when the bladder is removed. Find out more. 

Neobladder: An artificial bladder created from a section of your bowel following a cystectomy. Find out more.