A calcified foreign body in the bladder due to : an unusual complication after laparoscopic incisional hernia repair

Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2011 Feb;21(1):e28-30. doi: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31820660fc.

Abstract

We report a rare complication caused by a displaced tack after laparoscopic incisional hernia repair. A 41-year-old woman treated 11 months earlier for a suprapubic incisional hernia (Pfannenstiel laparotomy) received a laparoscopic repair with a bilaminar mesh fixed with tacks. Seven months later, she presented miccional irritative symptoms and chronic lower abdominal pain. Leucocyturia and microhematuria were present, and computerized tomography showed 2 calcified nodules in the bladder wall. Cystoscopy confirmed 2 calcified foreign bodies in the bladder due the tack fixation. She underwent an intra-abdominal laparoscopic exploration, which showed the protrusion of a mesh in the urinary bladder. The tacks were removed and a partial laparoscopic cystectomy including mesh protrusion was performed. The patient was discharged from hospital 4 days later without postoperative complications. At follow-up 24 months after surgery, she remains well with no pain, urinary symptoms, or hernia recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / diagnosis
  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Abdominal Pain / surgery
  • Adult
  • Calcinosis / etiology
  • Calcinosis / pathology*
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / pathology*
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Hernia, Inguinal / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy / adverse effects*
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Surgical Mesh / adverse effects
  • Urinary Bladder / pathology*
  • Urinary Bladder / surgery