A Bladder Stone 28 Years After Burch Colposuspension

Urology. 2020 Apr:138:e1-e2. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2020.01.018. Epub 2020 Jan 22.

Abstract

An 86-year-old lady was referred for a 3-cm bladder stone 28 years after Burch colposuspension. Cystoscopy showed a stone over a nonabsorbable suture, eroding from the right anterolateral bladder wall. The patient underwent a transurethral holmium laser lithotripsy and thulium laser removal of the eroded bladder wall. A high index of suspicion of suture erosion should always be present in case of de novo symptoms in women who underwent colposuspension, even in the long-term period.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cystoscopy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Sutures / adverse effects*
  • Time Factors
  • Urinary Bladder Calculi / diagnosis*
  • Urinary Bladder Calculi / etiology
  • Urinary Incontinence, Stress / surgery
  • Urologic Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*