1. Intravesical explosion during transurethral electrosurgery
- Author
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Gerzelis Ioannis, Kallinikas Georgios, Boulinakis Evangelos, and Habib Helai
- Subjects
Male ,Rupture ,Laparotomy ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Electrosurgery ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Urinary Bladder ,Bladder tumour ,Explosions ,Diathermy ,General Medicine ,Surgery ,Resection ,Treatment Outcome ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Urinary Bladder Neoplasms ,Prostate ,medicine ,Humans ,Intraoperative Complications ,business ,Emergency Treatment ,Aged - Abstract
Intravesical explosion is a very rare complication of transurethral resection of prostate and transurethral resection of bladder tumour operations. In vitro studies have shown that the gases produced during the procedure could result in a blast once they are mixed with air from the atmosphere. A 79-year-old male experienced an explosion in his bladder while undergoing a transurethral resection of bladder tumour. The case is presented as well as the way that it was treated as an emergency. Precautions of such events are finally suggested.
- Published
- 2015