Transurethral treatment of bladder diverticula.
We performed transurethral fulguration of the diverticular mucosa and incision of the diverticular neck in combination with transurethral prostatectomy or bladder neck resection to treat all aspects of diverticula in 9 patients. Eight cases with bladder outlet obstruction, involving 2 cases of large diverticula, have been successfully treated. A case with neurogenic bladder has failed. We found the transurethral procedure to be equally effective as open operation.
Adachi
M
M
Department of Urology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
Nakada
T
T
Yamaguchi
T
T
Suzuki
H
H
Hirano
J
J
Hirano
K
K
Hashimoto
T
T
Iijima
Y
Y
Ishii
N
N
Gotoh
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000601:surgery*; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods; D014521:Urethra; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000601:surgery*