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Oftentimes a urachal remnant will go undiagnosed, but occasionally a patient may present with a variety of symptoms, ultimately leading to the identification of the remnant. Given its rarity, there is very limited literature available on the management of symptomatic urachal remnants, especially in adults. Surgical resection has been the first-line management of urachal remnants for years, especially given the risk of the development of urachal adenocarcinoma secondary to recurrent infection, persistent irritation, and urinary stasis associated with some urachal remnants.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We present our experience in the management of symptomatic urachal remnants in adults at our institute and perform a brief literature review of the same.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A retrospective review of all cases who underwent surgical management of symptomatic urachal remnants between December 2015 and January 2022 was performed. Seven cases of urachal remnant excision in total were identified over the time period. Patient characteristics and perioperative parameters were analysed. Post-operative complications were measured in accordance with the Clavien-Dindo grading system.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Result<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>In total, 7 cases of urachal remnants were treated at our institute over the study period. Four patients were treated with a TURBT and 3 patients were treated with a laparoscopic partial cystectomy. There were no intraoperative complications and one post-operative complication requiring readmission for intravenous antibiotics. There was one mortality but this was not as a direct result of the operative procedure. Mean length of stay was 1.71\u00a0days. Two of patients had histologically confirmed urachal adenocarcinoma and the remaining five patients had benign histology. Each patient was seen in the outpatients department 6\u00a0weeks post-operatively for clinical review and review of histology. No further follow-up was required for the patients with benign histology given resolution of symptoms and follow-up for the malignant histology was arranged appropriately following MDM.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>There is a paucity of data available on the management of urachal remnants in the adult population; however, an endoscopic or laparoscopic approach is a safe and effective method of excising symptomatic urachal remnants.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s11845-023-03339-0","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,20]],"date-time":"2023-03-20T04:14:06Z","timestamp":1679285646000},"page":"3023-3027","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Surgical treatment of urachal remnants in an adult population\u2014a single-centre experience"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"192","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6753-2875","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paul C.","family":"Ryan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Caroline","family":"Kelly","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Irfan","family":"Afridi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aisling","family":"Fawaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohammed","family":"Aboelmagd","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ivor M.","family":"Cullen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John P.","family":"Keane","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Padraig J.","family":"Daly","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,20]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"3339_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1745-7599.2010.00580.x","volume":"23","author":"C Severson","year":"2011","unstructured":"Severson C (2011) Enhancing nurse practitioner understanding of urachal anomalies. 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