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Endoscopic management of hernia repair fixing tacks embedded in the bladder wall: A case report
Tran Ngoc An Huynh1, Liang Qu1, Shekib Shahbaz1
1Department of Urology, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, 3806 Australia.
Background:
Migration of fixing tacks into the bladder wall is a rare complication following laparoscopic hernia repairs.
Case Presentation:
This report detailed an 80-year-old male who presented to the clinic with hematuria. Cystoscopy revealed a bladder calculus adherent to the bladder wall, with an underlying metallic tack. A stent snare was used to secure the edges of the tack, and a resectoscope loop was carefully used to resect and free it from surrounding mucosa.
Conclusion:
This was the first case report to describe the successful removal of a metallic fixing tack from the bladder through a transurethral approach in a patient post-hernia repair.
