Internal hernia is an unusual cause of small bowel obstruction and classified several types according to locations. Sigmoid mesocolic hernia is an uncommon condition and among others intramesosigmoid hernia was rarely reported in the literature. We report the case of a 49-year-old female with a rare type of congenital internal hernia, through the mesosigmoid, causing small bowel obstruction. Sh...

Exploratory laparoscopy revealed necrosis of almost the entire greater omentum with torsion at its base and an indirect inguinal hernia with affected omentum and small bowel inside the hernia sac. The procedure was converted to a middle median laparotomy, and the omentum was ligated and resected at its base, ensuring that the entire necrotic part was removed (Fig. B). At the end, a Lichtenstein...

Inguinal hernia is the most common and prominent surgical entity among all congenital anomalies, constituting more than 15% of total pediatric surgical cases. Inguinal hernia is directly linked to the descent of the developing gonads in children. A patent processus vaginalis, which precedes an inguinal hernia, is a diverticulum of the peritoneum, formed during gonadal descent around the 12th we...

The study examines whether clinical and objective improvement can be achieved in patients with LBP (low back pain) radicular symptoms using a 6-week exercise program based on press up exercises created from ADL (activities of daily living) movement patterns. This original involved 10 men acute L5 / S1 disc hernia. Before starting the program, determined intensity pain VAS (Visual Analogue Scale...

Purpose: Morgagni hernia (MH) is a rare entity that accounts for less than 6% of all surgically treated diaphragmatic hernias in pediatric age group. They are mostly asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. Open surgical repair has been the gold standard in all cases. However, since the introduction of minimal access surgery, different laparoscopic techniques of MH repair have been reported. M...

Amyand's hernia is defined as the presence of cecal appendix inside sac an inguinal hernia. The can be normal, inflamed, perforated or gangrenous, but first situation most frequent. name "Amyand's hernia" due to English surgeon Claudius Amyand (1681-1740), who in 1735 performed appendectomy on 11-year-old boy during surgery for incarcerated that contained its inner.1,2 When vermiform found a fe...

We report a rare case of a giant ovarian tumor presenting as an incarcerated umbilical hernia. A 61-yr-old woman was admitted to the hospital with severe abdominal pain, an umbilical mass, nausea and vomiting. On examination, a large, irreducible umbilical hernia was found. The woman underwent an urgent operation for a possible strangulated hernia. A large, multilocular tumor was found. The tum...

Benign multicystic peritoneal mesothelioma (BMPM) is a rare disease arising from the peritoneal mesothelium. Here, we report a 57-year-old woman admitted to our unit with an incisional hernia fifteen years later following her first operation due to BMPM. Computerized tomography demonstrated a cystic appearing mass with intraabdominal extension in hernia sac. The patient underwent en bloc resect...

The presence of free air within a hiatal hernia sac is an uncommon reported entity. This finding has been described in the surgical literature1-4 secondary to incarcerated hiatal hernias complicated by gastric ulceration and perforation. There have, however, been no reports of this entity in the radiology literature. Our patient presented to the emergency department complaining of epigastric pa...

abdominal wall hernias are common problems found in patients with cirrhosis because of persistently high intra-abdominal pressure. when abdominal hernias are neglected in such patients, they may become larger and could result in cosmetic problems and pressure effects that are also difficult to treat. we found a voluminous mass in the anterior abdominal wall of a 40-year-old patient with cirrhos...