TY - JOUR
T1 - Endourethral migration of a Hem-o-Lok Clip after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
AU - Bientinesi, Riccardo
AU - Di Gianfrancesco, Luca
AU - Pugliese, Dario
AU - D'Agostino, Daniele
AU - Racioppi, Marco
AU - Bassi, Pierfrancesco
AU - Sacco, Emilio
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Hem-o-Lok clips (Weck Surgical Instruments, Teleflex Medical, Durham, North Carolina, USA) are widely used in robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy because of their easy application and secure clamping. To date, there have been some reports of their migration into the urinary tract, causing urethral erosion, bladder neck contractures orcalculus formation. We report a case of endourethral migration of a hem-o-lok after robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy. The hem-o-lok was almost completely endoluminal and attached to one end at the vesico-urethral anastomosis. The hem-o-lok was easily removed cystoscopically by using an endoscopic forceps.
AB - Hem-o-Lok clips (Weck Surgical Instruments, Teleflex Medical, Durham, North Carolina, USA) are widely used in robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy because of their easy application and secure clamping. To date, there have been some reports of their migration into the urinary tract, causing urethral erosion, bladder neck contractures orcalculus formation. We report a case of endourethral migration of a hem-o-lok after robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy. The hem-o-lok was almost completely endoluminal and attached to one end at the vesico-urethral anastomosis. The hem-o-lok was easily removed cystoscopically by using an endoscopic forceps.
KW - radical prostatectomy
KW - radical prostatectomy
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/63550
U2 - 10.5301/uro.5000106
DO - 10.5301/uro.5000106
M3 - Article
SN - 0391-5603
VL - 0
SP - N/A-N/A
JO - Urologia
JF - Urologia
ER -