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Vesical explosion during transurethral resection of prostate: a dreadful complication associated with common endoscopic procedure

• Authors Details :  
• Muftah H Elkhafifi,  
• Khalifa S Mohamed,  
• Ali A Bookish

Journal title : Yemen Journal of Medicine

Publisher : Mansa STM Publishers

Online ISSN : 2583-4614

Page Number : 51-53

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Vesical explosion during transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is an extremely rare, serious and dreadful complication, which should be considered as a blast injury requiring urgent exploratory laparotomy and repair. Until 2019, only 38 cases have been reportedin the International English literature. The underlying mechanism for this rare intravesical explosion is the generation and trapping of explosive gases under the dome of the bladder, which eventually detonates by sparks from the cutting electrode during TURP. Herein, we repor0low-up. Although uncommon, vesical explosion during TURP may occur and some preventive measures, discussed here, can be carried out to avoid this dreadful complication. In addition to the discussion of its mechanism, we will discuss the preventive measures of this dreadful event. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of a vesical explosion reported in our department.

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.32677/yjm.v2i1.3755

Article Subject Details

• General surgery
• General urology

Article Keywords Details

• Benign prostatic hyperplasia
• Bladder explosion
• Electrocautery
• Explosive gases
• Repair
• Transurethral resection of the prostate
• Benghazi

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