Laparoscopic surgery is rapidly being assimilated into the urologic ar
mamentarium. Already many operations commonly done by an open approach
are being performed laparoscopically. We report on the laparoscopic p
erformance of a simple cystectomy in a spinal cord-injured male patien
t suffering from recurrent pyocystis. The procedure proved to be techn
ically feasible, with the patient experiencing a short convalescence p
eriod.