title: Laparoscopic extraction of the awkward intravesical foreign body: a point of technique.
abstract: A technique is described to extract intravesical foreign bodies that cannot be safely extracted urethrally. A laparoscopic port is introduced via a small suprapubic incision into a saline distended bladder. The entry into the bladder is guided by visualization through the cystoscope. The foreign body is grasped using a laparoscopic grasper and delivered via the suprapubic incision en masse with the port.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom. Bala.Eradi@doctors.net.uk
authors.forename: Balgopal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eradi
authors.forename: Manoj U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Shenoy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D020684:Cystoscopes; D003558:Cystoscopy; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery*