[Urinary ascites following open myomectomy]. / Ascitis urinaria después de una miomectomía abierta.

OBJECTIVE: A case of urinary ascites following a bladder injury during laparoscopic myomectomy, and its resolution. CLINICAL CASE: 42-year-old woman referred for urologic consultation for acute urinary retention 11 days after myomectomy. RESULTS: Ultrasound showed abdominal ascites. Cystoscopy gave evidence of one-centimeter bladder dome injury. During retrograde cystography contrast material leaked out through the bladder. CONCLUSION: Early treatment with drainage of urinary ascites and bladder injury surgical repair had excellent results.