Laparoscopic partial cystectomy with en bloc resection of the urachus for urachal adenocarcinoma.
Urachal carcinoma accounts for less than 1% of bladder cancers. The preferred treatment is wide local excision with partial or radical cystectomy. Two patients who presented with urachal carcinoma underwent laparoscopic partial cystectomy with en bloc resection of the urachus and bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy as a less morbid, minimally invasive surgical alternative. Laparoscopic excision was successfully carried out in two cases with an uneventful convalescence.
Hong
Sung-Hoo
SH
Department of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
Joon Chul
JC
Hwang
Tae-Kon
TK
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015653:Cystectomy; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D010388:Pelvis / Q000601:surgery; D014497:Urachus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*