Paraduodenal hernia is by far the most common form of congenital internal hernia. Chylous ascites is an accumulation of lymphatic fluid in the peritoneal cavity. It develops when the lymphatic system is disrupted due to traumatic injury or obstruction. A 40-year-old, woman showed up to the Emergency Department with severe, colicky abdominal pain. Tenderness and rebound tenderness were observed ...

A case of a very rare adipocytic tumor found during corrective surgery for incisional abdominal hernia is presented. Because of uterine leiomyomas the patient underwent total abdominal hysterectomy 14 years before. During surgery of incisional hernia, a part of small intestine along with a pedunculated tumor was found in hernial sac. The tumor was attached to the medial intra-abdominal peritone...

INTRODUCTION Hepatic encephalopathy may be initiated by many factors such as gastrointestinal bleeding, infections, fluid and electrolyte disturbances. Hypokalemia is one of the most commonly encountered electrolyte abnormalities causing hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 62-year-old Caucasian man with decompensated liver cirrhosis ha...

Croissant de Garengeot’s hernia is a rare condition and occurs mostly in females. The presence of an appendix femoral uncommon, the appendicitis even more infrequent. hernias as incidental finding about 0.9%, incidence 0.08%-0.13%. A 49 year old woman presented emergency department with acutely painful lump her right groin. Examination revealed non-reducible, tender redness overlying skin. Intr...

Managing a giant inguinal hernia/ incisional/ ventral hernia had its own complications. The overtime adaptation of peritoneal cavity to lower abdominal pressure was one the most important factors responsible for these Surgical repair is also quite challenge because massive contents in sac, adhesions and concomitant fibrosis. In order reduce complications like intra-abdominal hypertension, cardi...

INTRODUCTION A De Garengeot hernia is a rare form of femoral hernia, where the appendix is found in the herniated sac. This feature is important to report, as both the diagnosis and the treatment are quite challenging in this particular condition. PRESENTATION OF CASE We report the case of a 77-year-old female presenting with a femoral hernia, containing an incarcerated necrotic vermiform app...

02-097 Warsaw, Poland, e-mail: [email protected] Prof. Marek Szczepkowski is the head of the Department of General and Colorectal Surgery of Bielański Hospital in Warsaw, one of the most experienced surgical departments in parastomal hernia repair in Poland. Several surgical techniques of parastomal hernia repair have been described. Currently, the Sugarbaker technique, descr...

Mixed (type III) hiatal hernias – with sliding and paraesophageal components – are uncommon, accounting for 10-15% of all hiatal hernias. Symptoms are that of gastroesophageal reflux disease. The paraesophageal hernia may get incarcerated and present as an emergency. We present a 50-year old patient with symptoms of severe reflux disease who was diagnosed with type III hiatus hernia. Laparoscop...

With the development of X-ray technology and advent computed tomography, it became possible not only to accurately diagnose hiatal hernia, but also conduct morphometry all its constituent anatomical structures in different projections use data obtained at stage preoperative planning for surgical treatment. Currently, due improvement quality diagnostics, there is an increase detection patients w...