Cystectomy: a catastrophic complication of herniorrhaphy.
Injury to the bladder is a known complication of inguinal herniorrhaphy. Infants less than 6 months old may be more at risk because the medial aspect of indirect inguinal hernia sacs are associated closely with the wall of bladder ("bladder ears"). We report 2 cases of almost complete excision of the bladder during routine herniorrhaphy. In 1 patient bilateral ureteroileocecoplasty provided a course of management free of complication.
D002432:Cecum / Q000601:surgery; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000293:injuries*; D014547:Urinary Diversion