Laparoscopic loop ligatures for bladder repair during laparoscopic surgery

In this paper, we report a case where a bladder perforation occurred during a laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy and was repaired by lapar oscopic loop ligatures. This is the first case report of using the laparosc opic loop ligatures to close the bladder perforations. The loop ligature is an easy and quick procedure, which can be performed by most surgeons who t ake the time to learn the endoscopic suturing techniques. (C) 1999 Internat ional Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics.