Superior lumbar triangle hernia, also known as Grynfeltt-Lesshaft hernia, denotes a subtype of abdominal wall hernia, and more specifically of lumbar hernia, occurring between the 12th rib, the internal oblique muscle, and the quadratus lumborum muscle. We report the case of a 92-year-old female patient in which this form of hernia occurred, complicated by incarceration and acute bowel obstruct...

Laparoscopic colorectal surgery for cancer is nowadays performed in several referral centers and has been gaining increasing interest for treatment of colo-rectal cancer. After the introduction of complete mesorectal excision for rectal cancer, complete mesocolic excision has been advocated as an essential surgical step to improve oncologic results for patients with colon cancer. Complete mesoc...

INTRODUCTION The aim is to report the diagnostic strategy, clinical findings and treatment in patients admitted on suspicion of early or late complications associated with a previous laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB). MATERIAL AND METHODS Patients admitted in 2011-2012 to our department with the International Classification of Diseases 10 code DZ980C (condition with a gastric bypa...