BACKGROUND A Spigelian hernia is a congenital defect in the transversus aponeurosis fascia. Traditionally, an anterior hernioplasty was used to repair these defects. This study aimed to document our experience with laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair for Spigelian hernia. METHODS Eight patients underwent laparoscopic transabdominal Spigelian hernia repair. All patients underwent ...

A 70-year-old man consulted for oligoanuria of 48 h duration, and a sudden increase in size of the scrotum. On physical examination he presented an important increase in the volume of the scrotum with skin tension (Fig. 1A). CT scan (Fig. 1C): Large right inguinal hernia containing the bladder, with an irregular outline compatible with rupture or lesion, and abundant fluid in the sac. Emergency...

Abstract 59-year-old female presented with symptoms of small bowel obstruction. She had a history previous open right hemi-colectomy. also complex strangulated ventral hernia which required laparotomy and repair. Following this the patient recurrence hernia. Examination demonstrated non-tender irreducible recurrent in high BMI (> 40). CT reported midline containing dilated loops. Additio...

Most ovarian inguinal hernias occur in children and are frequently associated with congenital genitalia defects. The authors present the case of a multiparous 89-year-old woman, without any genitalia defect, who was brought to the emergency department with an irreducible inguinal hernia. The patient was proposed for emergency surgery during which we encountered an ovary and a fallopian tube ins...

AIM The purpose of the study was to assess the results of topical use of gentian violet (GV), among the babies with exomphalos major in our institute. METHODS The study was carried out retrospectively in a tertiary care hospital during the period from 2005 to 2010 inclusive. Exomphalos patients were classified as major if diameter was >5 cm and/or had liver in the sac as content. These patien...

BACKGROUND We herein report a laparoscopically performed re-do operation on a patient who had previously undergone a laparoscopic parastomal hernia repair. CASE REPORT We describe the case of a 71-year-old patient who presented within 3 months of her primary laparoscopic parastomal hernia repair with recurrence. On relaparoscopy, dense adhesions to the mesh were found, and the mesh had migrat...