OBJECTIVES: To assess the urodynamic and clinical outcome of a laparoscopic auto-augmentated bladder. METHODS: Laparoscopic bladder autoaugmentation in a 27-year-old woman with an incomplete spinal cord injury at T12 level with urge incontinence caused by a hyperreflexic bladder. RESULTS: Six months later the patient voids by Valsalva's manoeuvre every 3 h and remains dry day and night. The radio-urodynamic study, performed 2 months later, revealed an intact bladder with a diverticulum of anterior wall and a capacity of 510 ml with filling rate of 100 ml/min without evidence of leakage of infusion water. CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic retropubic auto-augmentation allows a brief hospital stay and minor postoperative discomfort. Moreover the laparoscopic approach should not complicate or preclude subsequent enterocystoplasty if necessary.
Titolo: | Case report: Laparoscopic bladder auto-augmentation in an incomplete traumatic spinal cord injury |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2000 |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11697/156903 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |