Removal of an Eroded Transobturator Tape from the Bladder Using Laser Cystolithotripsy and Cystoscopic Resection

This case presentation describes a unique minimally invasive technique of treating transobturator tape erosion into the urinary bladder with calculus growth. A 42-year-old woman was admitted for recurrent urinary tract infections, 9 months after a transobturator tape procedure. Pelvic sonography, fo...

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Published inUrology (Ridgewood, N.J.) Vol. 73; no. 3; pp. 681.e15 - 681.e16
Main Authors Feiner, Benny, Auslender, Ron, Mecz, Yoel, Lissak, Arie, Stein, Avi, Abramov, Yoram
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2009
Subjects
Adult
Cystoscopy
Device Removal
Female
Foreign-Body Migration - therapy
Humans
Lithotripsy, Laser
Prosthesis Failure
Suburethral Slings - adverse effects
Urinary Bladder
Urinary Bladder Calculi - etiology
Urinary Bladder Calculi - therapy
Urology
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Summary:This case presentation describes a unique minimally invasive technique of treating transobturator tape erosion into the urinary bladder with calculus growth. A 42-year-old woman was admitted for recurrent urinary tract infections, 9 months after a transobturator tape procedure. Pelvic sonography, followed by cystourethroscopy, demonstrated an eroded tape in the bladder with heavy calculus growth and diffuse mucosal inflammation. The calculus was fragmented by using laser cystolithotripsy, and the tape was excised and removed by using cystoscopic resection. Intravesical tape erosion with calculus growth can complicate transobturator tape procedures, and is amenable to transurethral laser cystolithotripsy and cystoscopic resection.
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ISSN:0090-4295
1527-9995
DOI:10.1016/j.urology.2008.01.002