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A 74-year-old woman presented with a 3-day history of fever and left flank pain. The imaging study revealed a huge complicated cyst in the left kidney. The cyst had a mass effect to the abdomen. We performed laparoscopic renal cyst unroofing. The histopathologic examination disclosed renal tuberculosis of the cyst wall and cystic fluid. Renal tuberculosis is not uncommon; however, renal tuberculosis...
To describe a technique to facilitate the urethral stump exposure and aid the suture placement of vesicourethral anastomosis during laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.A 10-F Foley catheter is introduced in an antegrade fashion via the 12-mm suprapubic midline port into the urethral stump. The catheter balloon is positioned in the bulbous urethra and inflated with 2 mL of sterile water. With the balloon...
Transurethral resection of bladder tumors is performed for the treatment of bladder cancer. We describe our surgical technique for transurethral resection of bladder tumors. It is easy to control the tissue depth of resection using the lateral resecting portion of the conventional right-angle loop electrode.Since April 2006, we have performed this technique on 57 consecutive lesions in 37 patients...
To determine the risk factors for postprostatectomy inguinal hernia development. From January 1998 to June 2004, we investigated the medical records of 201 consecutive patients who had undergone radical retropubic prostatectomy. Postoperatively, 25 (12.4%) of 201 patients developed an inguinal hernia. The preoperative factors, including age, presence of diabetes mellitus, smoking, and previous...
A 12F Foley catheter is introduced retrogradely through the urethral stump and situated with the balloon partially inflated in the bulbous urethra after radical retropubic prostatectomy. This maneuver provides clear visualization of the urethral stump through gentle traction of the Foley catheter.
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