Laparoscopic repair of intraperitoneal bladder rupture after blunt abdominal trauma.

INTRODUCTION Urinary bladder rupture following blunt abdominal trauma is frequently encountered in multiple trauma patients with pelvic-ring fractures.(1-3) Rupture of the bladder can be extraperitoneal (50%-71%), intraperitoneal (25%-43%) or combined (7%-14%). (4,5) Conventionally, this injury has been managed with explorative laparotomy and repair. We report a case of a 30 years old woman diagnosed with an isolated intraperitoneal bladder rupture which was successfully treated using a minimal invasive laparoscopic approach.