“…Some authors use a seg ment of colon for enterocystoplasty [6,11,14], Like oth ers, we prefer to use ileum as a substitute [1,3,15], As shown by Berglund et al [15] ileum has a higher distensibility and a lower motor activity which is more compat ible than colon, which will generate high-pressure contrac tions that might stimulate the detrusor resulting in urgen cy. Ileal surgery carries less complications than colonic surgery and finally a greater theoretic probability exists to develop cancer in colonic mucosa than in ileum [16], Owing to the cancer risk, several authors recommend long-term endoscopic follow-up of enterocystoplasty pa tients [4,9]. Some need to self-catheterize postoperatively, and, since it is difficult to predict which patients will need CIS, it is necessary to inform and train all patients in this tech nique before the operation [5], From the present study, there seems to be a tendency that patients with neuropath ic disease have a higher risk for CIS, which might be explained by a greater postoperative bladder volume (mean = 364 ml) compared to the nonneuropathic pa tients (mean = 246 ml).…”