Loop recorders are being used with increasing frequency for cardiac rhythm monitoring post ablation. The most common implant technique involves a parasternal incision along the 3rd or 4th intercostal space. When this is in women, trajectory of loop monitor and implantation tool can result partial within breast tissue itself. In case report, we present an unusual complication recorder breast-fee...

Abstract In this video, we present a 48-year-old otherwise healthy man with history of perforated appendicitis status post exploratory laparotomy and appendectomy, complicated by an intraabdominal abscess requiring re-exploration subsequent midline wound dehiscence, incisional ventral hernia, enterocutaneous fistula managed drain. Plastic surgery performed split thickness skin graft his wound, ...

AIM Incisional hernias are often related to longitudinal or transverse laparotomy with an incidence that rises from to 2 to 23 %. The oblique incision often used to surgically treat acute appendicitis has little probability to develop incisional hernia with an estimated incidence less than 2%. Some series report 0.1 - 0.9% of it. Anatomic, physiologic and histologic factors have been implicated...

OBJECTIVES For renal cell cancer, the hand-assisted laparoscopic approach provides several advantages while maintaining equal advantages with regards to patient recovery. We offer our experience with laparoscopic hand-assisted radical nephrectomy and the incidence of ventral wall hernia. METHODS Between February 1999 and July 2002, we performed 50 laparoscopic hand-assisted radical nephrectom...

BACKGROUND Randomised controlled trials with a long term follow-up (3 to 10 years) have demonstrated that mesh repair is superior to suture closure of incisional hernia with lower recurrence rates (5 to 20% versus 20 to 63%). Yet, the ideal size and material of the mesh are not defined. So far, there are few prospective studies that evaluate the influence of the mesh texture on patient's satisf...

BACKGROUND Incisional hernia is a frequent complication of abdominal surgery. The object of this study was to confirm the safety, efficacy, and feasibility of laparoscopic treatment of abdominal wall defects. METHODS Fifty consecutive laparoscopic abdominal and incisional hernia repairs from September 2001 to May 2003 were compared with 50 open anterior repairs. RESULTS The 2 groups were no...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic segmentectomy for liver tumor located in the left lateral segment (LLS) is thought to be a standard protocol nowadays with several advantages, such as small wound, few blood loss, and short hospital stay. However, there are still many disadvantages during executing laparoscopic LLS segmentectomy. This manuscript aims to present the technique to execute LLS segmentectomy ...

The Department of Health and the Public Health Laboratory Service established the Nosocomial Infection National Surveillance Scheme in order to standardise the collection of information about infections acquired in hospital in the United Kingdom and provide national data with which hospitals could measure their own performance. The definition of superficial incisional infection (skin and subcut...