Unusual foreign body in urinary bladder due to vascular surgery intervention

Augustin Pirvu; Caroline Ducos; Carmine Sessa; Jean Luc Magne

doi:10.1016/j.urology.2012.11.004

Unusual foreign body in urinary bladder due to vascular surgery intervention

Urology. 2013 Feb;81(2):e11-2. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2012.11.004.

Authors

Augustin Pirvu¹, Caroline Ducos, Carmine Sessa, Jean Luc Magne

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic Vascular and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital Grenoble, Grenoble, France. [email protected]

PMID: 23374848
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2012.11.004

Abstract

Iatrogenic bladder injury in vascular surgery is very rare. We report a case of bladder injury by penetration secondary to the tunneling of a vascular graft through the space of Retzius. The diagnosis of an intravesical graft was made by computed tomography 1 week later. The patient underwent open bladder surgery associated with complete graft resection without immediate vascular reconstruction.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Anastomosis, Surgical / adverse effects
Blood Vessel Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Femoral Artery / surgery*
Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
Foreign Bodies / surgery
Humans
Radiography
Urinary Bladder / diagnostic imaging
Urinary Bladder / injuries*
Vascular Grafting / adverse effects*