Transperitoneal Cystotomy

Large Encysted Vesical Calculus, Litholapaxy, Suprapubic Cystotomy

Cystotomy for Bladder Tumours of Doubtful Malignancy

micturition ; this was accompanied by some slight pain in the penis, lasting only a few minutes. The frequency of the passage of blood gradually increased, and the pain steadily became worse up to July 15th, when the bladder was sounded; this caused very free hemorrhage, and since that date there has been always a large amount of blood passed, mixed with the urine, and always some free bleeding...

Laparoscopic transperitoneal anterior adrenalectomy.

AIM Aim of this study was to report the authors' experience with the anterior transperitoneal approach, and with an anterior submesocolic approach in case of left sided lesions. MATERIAL AND METHODS From January 1994 to January 2011, 122 males and 170 females with a mean age of 50.7 years (range: 19-84) underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) at 2 centers in Ancona and Rome (Italy) (that fo...

[Transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy].

OBJECTIVES To present our results with transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy after completion of 70 procedures. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between July 2002 and December 2010, transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy was performed in 70 patients with the following diagnoses: Conn syndrome (22 cases), nonfunctioning adenomas (18), Cushing syndrome (10), pheochromocytomas (7), myelolipomas (4)...

Laparoscopic transperitoneal pyeloplasty.

Laparoscopic pyeloplasty is a first-line option for the management of ureteropelvic junction obstruction. It has a greater success rate than endopyelotomy and is associated with a shorter and less intense convalescence than open surgical pyeloplasty. The technique is well established and reproducible, although the procedure is more difficult in certain situations, such as after a previous pyelo...