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Case Reports
. 2015 May;60(2):e25-6.
doi: 10.1177/0036933015572091. Epub 2015 Feb 12.

Intravesical explosion during transurethral electrosurgery

Kallinikas Georgios  1 , Boulinakis Evangelos  2 , Habib Helai  3 , Gerzelis Ioannis  4
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Intravesical explosion during transurethral electrosurgery

Kallinikas Georgios et al. Scott Med J. 2015 May.

Abstract

Intravesical explosion is a very rare complication of transurethral resection of prostate and transurethral resection of bladder tumour operations. In vitro studies have shown that the gases produced during the procedure could result in a blast once they are mixed with air from the atmosphere. A 79-year-old male experienced an explosion in his bladder while undergoing a transurethral resection of bladder tumour. The case is presented as well as the way that it was treated as an emergency. Precautions of such events are finally suggested.

Keywords: Diathermy; electrosurgery; explosions; transurethral resection of prostate; urinary bladder neoplasms.

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