A 4-year old boy presented with pain abdomen, bilious vomiting and constipation for three days. On examination, abdomen was distended and tender. X-ray abdomen revealed multiple air-fluid levels suggestive of intestinal obstruction. Ultrasonography abdomen revealed dilated bowel loops with minimal free fluid in peritoneal cavity. On exploration, there was a band causing obstruction of terminal ...

PURPOSE In this study, we report our initial experience with robot-assisted laparoscopic partial cystectomy (RLPC) in urachal diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two men and two women with a mean age of 51.5+/-9.3 years underwent RLPC between June 2009 and December 2009. In each case, a single surgeon using the da Vinci-S robotic system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) used a transperiton...

OBJECTIVES The urachus is a vestigial obliterated structure derived from the alantois. Failure of this involution process originates patent urachal remnants. Surgery is the treatment of choice as it prevents both recurrence of symptoms and malignant transformation. The purpose of this study is to present our experience in the laparoscopic management of this pathology. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thr...

Urachal mucinous tumor of uncertain malignant potential is very rare and is characterized by a multilocular cyst showing the proliferation of atypical mucin-secreting cells without stromal invasion. As in ovarian and appendiceal borderline tumors, it represents a transitional stage of mucinous carcinogenesis in the urachus. In addition, this tumor may recur locally and develop into pseudomyxoma...