Nuñez GA, Martínez PL, Calviac MR, Castro PMC, Agramonte LOM, Pérez PC

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ABSTRACT

Bladder exstrophy is a severe congenital anomaly of lower urinary tract that affects the bladder, pelvic bones, abdominal wall, external genitalia, perineum and in some cases intestine. Conventional treatments are based on surgical techniques, in order to reconstruct bladder, genitals and close wall defect. We present a case of a 3 year old girl, in which surgical treatment was applied 6 times without results. It was decided to combine the surgical treatment with application of regenerative medicine. It was applied platelet lysate in the bladder wall and the edges of the abdominal wall at the rate of 1 mL weekly for 4 weeks, achieving tissue regeneration. It enabled to face the edges of those structures and perform conventional surgical technique. As a result, we achieved a total closure of bladder, urethra and abdominal wall, without fistulas either between these structures or outside. Therefore, the use of platelet lysate promotes growth and tissue regeneration comprising the urinary tract, decreasing number of interventions, time exposition structures of the abdominal cavity, and post surgical complications such as fistulas.