Laparoscopic partial cystectomy for treatment of adenocarcinoma of the urachus.
The treatment of choice for urachal carcinoma has traditionally been an open approach, either by radical cystectomy or the more recently adopted bladder-sparing approach of extended partial cystectomy and umbilectomy. We report for the first time a laparoscopic technique for an extended partial cystectomy with en bloc umbilectomy for the management of urachal carcinoma in a 41-year-old man.
Milhoua
Paul M
PM
Department of Urology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA. paulmilhoua@hotmail.com
Knoll
Abraham
A
Bleustein
Clifford B
CB
Ghavamian
Reza
R
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D015653:Cystectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D014497:Urachus / Q000601:surgery*