BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to analyze age, geographical and seasonal variations in medical service utilization by patients with inguinal hernia in Taiwan, and the influence of herniorrhaphy on development of ipsilateral varicocele in male patients. METHODS Between 2001 and 2008, comprehensive data on the characteristics of medical service utilization by patients with inguinal he...

Introduction. Several laparoscopic treatment techniques were designed for improving the outcome over the last decade. The various techniques differ in their approach to the inguinal internal ring, suturing and knotting techniques, number of ports used in the procedures, and mode of dissection of the hernia sac. Patients and Surgical Technique. 90 children were subjected to surgery and they unde...

Groin hernia and hydrocele are two of the most common surgical conditions globally. Although the surgical care for these conditions is cost-effective, many people do not have access to hernia repair and hydrocelectomy. These essential operations must be prioritized and integrated into primary healthcare delivery systems in lowand middle-income countries. INTRODUCTION Groin hernia and hydrocele ...

INTRODUCTION In this paper we present a new method of pulmonary hernia surgical treatment. Pulmonary hernia is a rare pathology. The first description of pulmonary hernia was made by Roland in 1499. The world literature describes only a little more than 300 cases of pulmonary hernia. Pulmonary hernia is defined as the projection of the lung tissue covered by the parietal pleura beyond the norma...

BACKGROUND The complications of untreated inguinal hernias are common surgical emergencies in adult Ghanaian men. OBJECTIVE To describe the epidemiology of strangulated inguinal hernia in adult males in Kumasi. METHOD From the hospital records the age and sex of all male adult patients treated for strangulated inguinal hernia were recorded at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital(KATH), the Un...

background some sonographic positions for detection of abdominal wall hernias needed .in this paper we described the sonographic technique of abdominal wall hernia. methods from june 2013 to july 2016, three hundred seventy four patients referred in our department for evaluation of abdominal wall hernia (median age, 38 years; range 2 - 86 years). one hundred and ninety patients had abdominal he...

femoral hernias account for 2% to 4% of groin hernias, are more common in women, and are more appropriate to present with strangulation and require emergency surgery. this condition may lead to symptoms of bowel obstruction or strangulation and possible bowel resection-anastomosis. to the best of our knowledge, there is few reports of strangulated femoral hernia. we herein present an 82-year-ol...

UNLABELLED Parastomal hernia is the most common local stoma complication. The incidence of parastomal hernia reaches 48%, and in a certain proportion of patients it is considered to be an inevitable consequence of stoma formation. The current classifications of parastomal hernias (Rubin, Devlin) are of little clinical value, which is supported by the fact that they have not been used in any pub...

An interstitial hernia is one in which the hernia sac is located between the layers of the abdominal wall. The analysis of contemporary literature shows that interstitial hernias are most often seen in children as a type of inguinal hernia and often accompany undescended testis. The hernia sac is usually located between the external-oblique and internal-oblique muscles in a lateral-cephalic dir...

INTRODUCTION De Garengeot first described the presence of the appendix within a femoral hernia in 1731. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 66-year-old Caucasian woman who presented with acute appendicitis within an incarcerated femoral hernia. This is the first reported case of de Garengeot's hernia in the Balkan area. CONCLUSIONS Appropriate management without incurring any delay fo...