Floating Hem-o-Lok Clips in the Bladder without Stone Formation after Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy.
- Author:
Yu Seob SHIN
1
;
A Ram DOO
;
Jai Seong CHA
;
Myung Ki KIM
;
Young Beom JEONG
;
Hyung Jin KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Prostatectomy; Robotics; Surgical instruments
- MeSH: Calculi; Constriction; Contracture; Neck; Prostatectomy; Robotics; Surgical Instruments; Urinary Bladder
- From:Korean Journal of Urology 2012;53(1):60-62
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Hem-o-Lok clips (Weck Surgical Instruments, Teleflex Medical, Durham, NC, USA) are widely used in robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy because of their easy application and secure clamping. To date, there have been some reports of intravesical migration of these clips causing urethral erosion, bladder neck contractures, and subsequent calculus formation. We report the first case of bladder migration of Hem-o-Lok clips without stone formation after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. The Hem-o-Lok clips were found during urethral dilation with a guide wire for bladder neck contracture under cystourethroscopy. The Hem-o-Lok clips were floating in the bladder without stone formation and were removed by a cystoscopic procedure.
