title: Urachal-sigmoid fistula managed by laparoscopic assisted high anterior resection, primary anastomosis and en bloc resection of the urachal cyst and involved bladder.
abstract: Sigmoid-urachal fistula is exceedingly rare in adults and only a few cases have been reported in the world literature. We present the case of a 54-year-old man with symptomatic sigmoid-urachal fistula managed successfully with a laparoscopic assisted high anterior resection, primary anastomosis and an en bloc resection of the urachal cyst and the involved cuff of bladder.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.|Clinical Skills Development Service, Queensland Health, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.|Department of General Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grundy
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naidu
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gillespie
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods*; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014496:Urachal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Anterior resection; diverticulitis; fistula