@Article{,
AUTHOR = {Nitya E. Abraham, Ronald Simon, Ojas Shah},
TITLE = {Thermal injury causing delayed perforation of small bowel after transurethral resection  of bladder tumor without evidence of bladder perforation},
JOURNAL = {Canadian Journal of Urology},
VOLUME = {18},
YEAR = {2011},
NUMBER = {4},
PAGES = {5836--5838},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/CJU/v18n4/61902},
ISSN = {1488-5581},
ABSTRACT = {Risk of thermal injury to the bowel when utilizing 
electrocautery at the bladder dome has been reported 
anecdotally. This is a case report of a 64-year-old man with 
urothelial carcinoma in situ of the bladder who underwent 
transurethral resection of bladder tumor at the posterior 
bladder wall near the dome without evidence of perforation. 
The postoperative course was complicated by delayed 
small bowel perforation likely secondary to transmission 
of thermal energy during fulguration of the resection bed. 
This injury highlights the need for particular prudence when 
resecting and fulgurating bladder tumors using monopolar 
electrocautery, specifi cally in the regions adjacent to bowel.},
DOI = {}
}