title: [Transperitoneal laparoscopic bladder diverticulectomy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the first case of bladder diverticulectomy in a female patient.
  
  
  METHODS
  74-year-old female patient with a two-year history of recurrent lower urinary tract infection and the diagnosis of big bladder diverticulum. A laparoscopic bladder diverticulectomy was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Operative time was 90 minutes. The patient had a satisfactory outcome with the drainage being retrieved on postoperative day three and discharged home the same day with bladder catheter. The catheter was retrieved on postoperative day 7. Cystography showed a normal bladder without diverticulum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We considered that laparoscopic surgery of the bladder diverticulum is an alternative, completely comparable to classic surgery, and it should be considered an option in the management of bladder diverticula requiring surgery.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital del Salvador, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pizzi
authors.forename: Octavio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carvajal
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vitagliano
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hidalgo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods