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Sonographic Appearance of a Bladder Calculus Secondary to a Suture From a Bladder Neck Suspension
Author(s) -
Huang Wen-Chen,
Yang Jenn-Ming
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.2002.21.11.1303
Subject(s) - medicine , neck of urinary bladder , fibrous joint , surgery , urinary bladder , urinary system , urinary incontinence , bladder stone , urology , calculus (dental) , anatomy , dentistry
About 2% of all bladder calculi occur in women. Their presence necessitates a careful assessment of the cause. Most bladder calculi secondary to female pelvic surgery result from either obstruction or foreign objects. The presence of nonabsorbable suture material in the bladder is a well-known cause of urinary tract infection and stone formation. We present the sonographic findings in a case of a bladder stone forming around nonabsorbable sutures after a Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz operation for stress urinary incontinence.