Staple erosion into the bladder after mesh and staple laparoscopic colposuspension. A case report

As new variations of operations are performed, complications must be recognized and reported. Erosion of staples into the bladder following mesh and staple laparoscopic colposuspension is a complication that must be anticipated, recognized and managed by the laparoscopic surgeon.

A woman presented, four years after mesh and staple colposuspension for stress urinary incontinence, with bladder pain and hematuria. A staple was seen under the urothelium in the bladder dome and was removed cystoscopically, with resolution of symptoms.

This is an avoidable complication of an increasingly performed procedure. Correction can be effected cystoscopically if the staple is visible.