this case is a rare aspect of inguinal hernia. the patient was admitted with a 10-day pain of right groin and a past history of an inguinal hernia which was irreducible at the time of admission. in the operating room, the hernia sac was opened which included a perforated and gangrenous appendix that is called amyand‘s hernia. the patient underwent appendectomy and herniorrhaphy at the same oper...

BACKGROUND Among Roux-en-Y gastric bypass complications is the occurrence of intestinal obstruction by the appearance of internal hernias, which may occur in Petersen space or the opening in mesenteric enteroenteroanastomosis. AIM To evaluate the efficiency and safety in performing a fixing jejunal maneuver in the transverse mesocolon to prevent internal hernia formation in Petersen space. ...

BACKGROUND: A wandering spleen is a condition in which the spleen, located upper left abdomen, becomes dislocated from its normal position. Although literature on exists, there very limited causing internal hernia. We present novel case of ectopic kidney with herniation leading to intestinal obstruction. CASE PRESENTATION: 13-year-old female presented abdominal pain and imaging showed cyst, kid...

Received January 2008 Accepted October 2008 INTRODUCTION Persistent mullerian duct syndrome (PMDS), or hernia uteri inguinale, describes a group of patients with a 46,XY karyotype and normal male external genitalia, but internal mullerian duct structures. Typically, these phenotypic males have unilateral or bilateral undescended testes, bilateral fallopian tubes, a uterus, and an upper vaginal ...

An 73-year-old man, with no abdominal surgical history, presented to the emergency in an array of acute intestinal obstruction. Abdominal CT-Scan axial (A) and coronal (B) sections were performed objectifying hernia sac containing intestinal structure hail externalized through a collar on the outer edge of the rectus muscle on Spiegel’s line with no sign of digestive sufferance. The laparoscopi...

Sigmoid mesocolon hernia is an uncommon type of internal hernia with only a few cases reported to date. This disease entity can progress rapidly to cause vascular disturbance, necrosis, and perforation of the bowel wall; therefore, early diagnosis and surgical treatment are essential. We describe the case of an intra-mesosigmoid hernia in a 60-year-old man without history of previous abdominal ...

BACKGROUND sports hernia is a well-recognized cause of groin pain in athletes involved in sports, especially football and rugby. Loss of range of motion of the hip joint is a possible contributory factor to stress across the symphysis pubis leading to the instability. METHODS twenty-five athletes presenting with sports hernia were matched to age, sex, physical/sports activity and co-morbiditi...

Purpose: High ligation of the patent processus vaginalis (PPV) as basis of the treatment of indirect inguinal hernia in pediatric patients is not applied to adults. Instead, the popular options are the laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) approach or totally extra peritoneal (TEP) approach. We developed a unique technique to achieve laparoscopic completely extra peritoneal closure (...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to document the authors' experience with laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in children. METHODS Ninety-three hernia repairs were performed in 64 children. The neck was closed with a purse string suture by using 4-0 absorbable suture. RESULTS Ninety-three indirect inguinal hernial sacs were closed in 64 children. Nine percent of children had an ectopic testis. T...

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