Nonabsorbable polymer clip as a cause of chronic perineal pain after radical prostatectomy: Description of a case treated by transperineal approach

Arch Ital Urol Androl. 2017 Mar 31;89(1):81-82. doi: 10.4081/aiua.2017.1.81.

Abstract

The occurrence of persistent perineal pain caused by surgical clips has rarely been described after radical prostatectomy (RP). We describe the case of a patient complaining of chronic perineal pain occurred soon after robotic RP, refractory to conventional medical therapy and exacerbated by the sitting position. Pain was related to a nonabsorbable polymer clip used to secure lateral pedicles. A transpeerineal approach was used to perform an hydrodissection of the rectovesical space at the level of the surgical clip combined with local injection of mepivacaine and betametasone. The patient experienced a clinically significant reduction of pain that remained stable at three months' follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pain, Postoperative / etiology*
  • Pain, Postoperative / therapy
  • Perineum*
  • Polymers / chemistry
  • Prostatectomy / adverse effects*
  • Prostatectomy / instrumentation
  • Prostatectomy / methods
  • Robotic Surgical Procedures / adverse effects
  • Robotic Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Surgical Instruments

Substances

  • Polymers