We report a rare complication caused by a displaced tack after laparoscopic incisional hernia repair. A 41-year-old woman treated 11 months earlier for a suprapubic incisional hernia (Pfannenstiel laparotomy) received a laparoscopic repair with a bilaminar mesh fixed with tacks. Seven months later, she presented miccional irritative symptoms and chronic lower abdominal pain. Leucocyturia and mi...

Internal abdominal hernias are an uncommon occurrence in the horse. Protrusion of an abdominal organ or viscus may occur through a normal or pathological aperture within the peritoneal cavity, and incarceration of bowel through such an opening may lead to a strangulating obstruction of the intestine, characterised by luminal blockage and concurrent vascular compromise. As such, entrapment of bo...

BACKGROUND & AIMS In patients with functional gut disorders, abdominal distension has been associated with descent of the diaphragm and protrusion of the anterior abdominal wall. We investigated mechanisms of abdominal distension in these patients. METHODS We performed a prospective study of 45 patients (42 women, 24-71 years old) with functional intestinal disorders (27 with irritable bowel ...

p. 183) as I could guess, namely, 2| inches below the xyphoid cartilage, I hooked out the omentum, which easily slipped down and protruded six or seven inches below the opening. An incision at the site of injury in Baboo Gopal Chunder Deb's case (Indian Medical Gazette, August 1st, p. 217) was made with the same result, the protrusion being in this case rather shorter. I next replaced the oment...

Internal hernia is defined as the protrusion of an abdominal organ through a peritoneal or mesenteric aperture. It is a rare cause of small bowel obstruction. The incidence of these hernias is estimated at between 0, 2 and 2% of abdominal hernias, and 0.2% to 0.9% of autopsies [1,2]. It can be primitive or secondary to an abdominal intervention. Internal hernias are classified based on the loca...

INTRODUCTION Herniation of the liver through an anterior abdominal wall hernia defect is rare. To the best of our knowledge, only three cases have been described in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION A 70-year-old Mexican woman presented with a one-week history of right upper quadrant abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and jaundice to our Department of General Surgery. Her medical history inclu...

We report a case of abdominal pain with rigidity, mimicking an acute abdomen, caused by metoclopramide, a common anti-emetic drug. Extrapyramidal symptoms are commonly reported side-effects of this medication. They generally include involuntary movements of limbs, torticollis, oculogyric crisis, rhythmic protrusion of tongue, trismus, or dystonic reactions resembling tetanus, etc. Abdominal rig...