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Bladder perforation during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy
Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Address correspondence to Dr. JG Lawen, Department of
Urology, Rm. 5015 - 5 South, Centennial Bldg, Victoria
General Site, QEII Health Sciences Centre 1278 Tower Road,
Halifax, NS B3H 2Y9 Canada
Canadian Journal of Urology 2004, 11(6), 2456-2458.
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We present two cases of bladder perforation during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy at our institution. Neither of the surgeries was otherwise complicated, and the diagnoses were made post-operatively. The kidneys were extracted through a Pfannenstiel incision and used blunt dissection to penetrate the peritoneum. Both patients had previous tubal ligations, adhesions from which may have increased the chance of injury. We believe that this is a previously unreported complication that merits attention. Care should be taken with the peritoneal incision and dissection as the bladder may be susceptible to injury.Keywords
bladder injury, laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, kidney transplantation
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Metcalfe, P.D., Hickey, L., Lawen, J.G. (2004). Bladder perforation during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. Canadian Journal of Urology, 11(6), 2456–2458.
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Metcalfe PD, Hickey L, Lawen JG. Bladder perforation during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. Can J Urology. 2004;11(6):2456–2458.
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P.D. Metcalfe, L. Hickey, and J.G. Lawen, “Bladder perforation during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy,” Can. J. Urology, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 2456–2458, 2004.
Copyright © 2004 The Author(s). Published by Tech Science Press.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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