Laparoscopic treatment of anterior sacral meningocele.
BACKGROUND
Anterior sacral meningocele is a rare congenital malformation, whose open surgical treatment is well accepted. We present a laparoscopic approach as an adjunctive approach.


METHODS
Five women who underwent laparoscopic transperitoneal surgery were clinically, radiologically, and surgically evaluated.


RESULTS
All 5 patients underwent laparoscopic transperitoneal surgery and showed satisfactory results. They had no major complications. Three patients had headaches as minor complications, but it was gone in at most 3 days. Decrease in operative time, blood loss, and length of hospitalization were the advantages of the procedure.


CONCLUSIONS
The laparoscopic approach to treating anterior sacral meningocele was feasible and safe, with only minor complications.
Trapp
Claudemir
C
Department of Urology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Farage
Luciano
L
Clatterbuck
Richard E
RE
Romero
Frederico R
FR
Rais-Bahrami
Soroush
S
Long
Donlin M
DM
Kavoussi
Louis R
LR
D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D008578:Meninges / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D008588:Meningocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed