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Laparoscopic partial cystectomy with en bloc resection of the urachus for urachal adenocarcinoma
Author(s) -
Hong SungHoo,
Kim Joon Chul,
Hwang TaeKon
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2007.01855.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cystectomy , urachus , convalescence , surgery , laparoscopy , lymphadenectomy , resection , bladder cancer , cancer
Urachal carcinoma accounts for less than 1% of bladder cancers. The preferred treatment is wide local excision with partial or radical cystectomy. Two patients who presented with urachal carcinoma underwent laparoscopic partial cystectomy with en bloc resection of the urachus and bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy as a less morbid, minimally invasive surgical alternative. Laparoscopic excision was successfully carried out in two cases with an uneventful convalescence.