Videosurgery
Robotic-assisted bladder diverticulectomy
Murat Mehmet Rifaioglu, Indra Warman, Jens Rassweiler, Ali Serdar Gözen
Department of Urology, SLK-Kliniken, University of Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Germany
Citation: Rifaioglu M M, Warman I, Rassweiler J, Gözen A S Robotic-assisted bladder diverticulectomy. www.ceju.online/journal/2016/bladder-diverticulum-robotic-assisted-bladder-diverticulectomy-689.php
Key Words: bladder diverticulum • robotic-assisted bladder diverticulectomy

Our aim is to present surgical technique and outcome of robotic-assisted bladder diverticulectomy (RABD).

A 60-year-old patient diagnosed with bladder diverticulum in the right cranial side of his bladder underwent RABD. We inserted 6 F double J stent on the right side before the procedure. A transperitoneal approach was preferred with patient position and port placement similar to that of robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy . The diverticulum was expanded by filling the bladder with 100 cc of normal saline through the Foley catheter. The distended bladder diverticulum was mobilized, transacted at its neck and dissected from the surrounding tissue. The bladder and peritoneum were closed by 3/0 barbed V-Loc continuous suture.

Total operative time was 60 minutes. Patient was discharged from the hospital at the seventh day without complication.

RABD is an effective procedure as surgical management of bladder diverticulum.

Article history
Submitted: 15 August, 2015
Accepted:
Published online: 19 April, 2016
doi: doi: 10.5173/ceju.2016.689
Corresponding author
Murat Mehmet Rifaioglu
email: muratrifai@yahoo.com
Conflicts of interest:  The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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