title: [Clinical study of six cases of pyourachus at our hospital].
abstract: We encountered 6 patients with pyourachus (male, 1; female, 5) who ranged in age from 17 to 58 years (mean, 41 years) during the 7 years from 1993 to 1999. Three of them had a history of gynecological surgery, and 2 had a history of appendectomy. Improvement was observed in one patient with conservative therapy alone, but the other 5 patients underwent surgery. Preoperatively, 2 patients underwent drainage, one of them through the umbilicus, and the other through a position on the midline percutaneously. Pathological examination in the 5 patients revealed no evidence of cancer. With reference to postoperative complications, adhesive ileus was recognized in 1 case one year postoperatively but no other complications were noted in the other 5 cases. No evidence of recurrence has been seen in any of these patients to date.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Totigi National Hospital.
authors.forename: Akiharu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ninomiya
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanomogi
authors.forename: Shintaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014496:Urachal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*