Intravesical migration and spontaneous expulsion of a Hem-o-lok polymer ligating clip after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.
We present a rare postoperative complication occurring after a laparoscopic radical prostatectomy with nerve-sparing procedure carried out with the placement of 3 Weck Hem-o-lok-L clips in the right neurovascular bundle, in a patient with clinically localized prostate cancer. The procedure was completed without any complications and the urethral catheter was removal at 15 days. We report a case of intravesical migration and subsequent calculus formation with spontaneous expulsion of Hem-o-lok clip. To date, this is the only reported case of intravesical migration and subsequent calculus formation with a spontaneous expulsion.
Department of Urology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain. rijo_enrique@yahoo.es
Enrique Rijo
ER
Mora
Oscar Bielsa
OB
Galí
Jośe A Lorente
JA
Garin
Octavio
O
Arango
D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D008026:Ligation / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011108:Polymers; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001743:Urinary Bladder
D011108:Polymers