Bozkurt AS, Ekici O, Keskin E, Kocoglu F. Bladder stone due to late clip migration after prostatic urethral lift procedure: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2023; 11(30): 7457-7462 [PMID: 37969453 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i30.7457]
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Ali Seydi Bozkurt, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Urology, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University School of Medicine, No. 32 Haci Ali Akin Street, Erzincan 24000, Turkey. draliseydi@gmail.com
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Urology & Nephrology
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World J Clin Cases. Oct 26, 2023; 11(30): 7457-7462 Published online Oct 26, 2023. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i30.7457
Bladder stone due to late clip migration after prostatic urethral lift procedure: A case report
Ali Seydi Bozkurt, Ozgur Ekici, Ercüment Keskin, Fatih Kocoglu
Ali Seydi Bozkurt, Ozgur Ekici, Ercüment Keskin, Fatih Kocoglu, Department of Urology, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University School of Medicine, Erzincan 24000, Turkey
Author contributions: Bozkurt AS, Ekici O, Keskin E, and Kocoglu F contributed equally to this work; Bozkurt AS, Ekici O, Keskin E, Kocoglu F designed the research study; Bozkurt AS, Ekici O performed the research; Keskin E, Kocoglu F contributed new reagents and analytic tools; Bozkurt AS, Ekici O analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; All authors have read and approve the final manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Ali Seydi Bozkurt, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Urology, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University School of Medicine, No. 32 Haci Ali Akin Street, Erzincan 24000, Turkey. draliseydi@gmail.com
Received: July 30, 2023 Peer-review started: July 30, 2023 First decision: August 30, 2023 Revised: September 5, 2023 Accepted: September 28, 2023 Article in press: September 28, 2023 Published online: October 26, 2023
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Prostatic urethral lift (PUL) therapy is an alternative to minimally invasive and other surgeries in younger patients who want to preserve their sexual and ejaculatory functions, and in elderly male patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia who cannot be anesthetized because of the risk of anesthesia. The procedure can be performed as an outpatient and without anesthesia, and complications are few and temporary. In long-term follow-up, encrustations that require retreatment are rarely seen.
CASE SUMMARY
In our case, a 62-year-old prostate patient who had a PUL operation 8 years ago and had a stone on the PUL material near the bladder neck was treated. The patient’s stone was removed by endoscopic cystolithotripsy using pneumatic fragmentation. Bipolar transurethral resection of the prostate was applied to the patient in the same session. After the patient’s 7-year follow-up, the patient’s complaints relapsed, and cystoscopy was performed again. In cystoscopy, stone formation adjacent to the wall was observed at the junction of the bladder neck to the left lateral wall. The stone was fragmented with a pneumatic lithotripter.
CONCLUSION
Placing clips too close to bladder neck in the PUL procedure may result in clip migration.
