[Transperitoneal laparoscopic bladder diverticulectomy].
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.
Pizzi
Pablo
P
Servicio de Urología, Hospital del Salvador, Santiago, Chile.
Castillo
Octavio
O
Carvajal
David
D
Vitagliano
Gonzalo
G
Hidalgo
Fernando
F
D000368:Aged; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods