Calcified metal tacker removal from the bladder using Holmium laser

Czech version

Authors: Peter Fojtík; Kamil Belej; Jiří Kočárek; Oto Köhler
Authors‘ workplace: Urologické oddělení ÚVN, Praha
Published in: Ces Urol 2011; 15(2): 126-129
Category: Case report

Overview

Case report presents patient referred for cystolithotripsy using Holmium laser. Intraoperatively identified metal tacker used in laparoscopic inguinal hernia mesh repair. Uneventful recovery followed endoscopic removal of the foreign body which was removed in total.

Key words:
foreign body, urinary bladder, laparoscopy.

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Article was published in

Czech Urology

2011 Issue 2