title: Successful treatment of a patient with an infected urachal remnant via single-incision laparoscopic surgery: Report of a case.
abstract: We report on a case of an infected urachal remnant successfully treated via a single-incisional laparoscopic technique. An 18-year-old woman was diagnosed with an infected urachal remnant. The center of the umbilicus was pulled and inverted from the skin, and the cephalic side of the urachus was dissected from the umbilicus. A single-incision laparoscopic technique employing ultrasonic coagulating shears was used to dissect the urachal remnant from the stump of the umbilicus to the caudal end. Single-incision laparoscopic excision of the urachal remnant can be used successfully as a minimally invasive technique with optimal cosmetic outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.|Department of Surgery, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oshita
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Mohei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tazaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Daimaru
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakamitsu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014497:Urachus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Glove technique; single-incision laparoscopic surgery; urachal remnant