[Endovesical surgery via the suprapubic approach].

Abstract

Experience had with suprapubic cystoscopy and endovesical surgery, performed in a series of twenty-two patients presenting various diseases of the bladder--tumors, mainly of the anterior wall, calculi, foreign bodies, bladder neck sclerosis, defective Foley catheter--is shared. As a sole complication a case of penetrating the abdominal cavity without inflicting lesion to the intestine, is described. The suprapubic approach significantly broadens the scope of transurethral surgery, preserves its advantages, and is furthermore free of the shortcomings associated with open operations.