title: Laparoscopic cystectomy: initial report on a new treatment for the retained bladder.
abstract: The retained bladder of a 27-year-old paraplegic woman suffering from recurrent pyocystis was removed laparoscopically. Operative time was 130 minutes. Postoperative hospital stay was 5 days, which was significantly less than that in 5 similar patients undergoing open cystectomy for vesical empyema in whom the mean hospital stay was 20.6 days. We believe that laparoscopic cystectomy represents a plausible, minimally invasive alternative to standard cystectomy for the symptomatic bladder left behind after supravesical urinary diversion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri.
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Parra
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Andrus
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Boullier
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015653:Cystectomy / Q000379:methods*; D004653:Empyema / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014547:Urinary Diversion