Paraduodenal hernia is an uncommon cause of acute abdominal pain; however, it is the commonest of internal herniation. Computer tomography of the abdomen is diagnostic. Although it is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction, it is estimated that more than half of paraduodenal hernias develop symptoms. We present a case of left paraduodenal hernia that presented with acute abdominal pain and a le...

Internal hernia is one of the rare causes of small bowel obstruction. A congenital mesenteric defect is very rare, but can potentially cause internal hernia with consequent incarceration or strangulation of the small intestine. An 18-year-old woman was brought to our emergency department with sudden onset lower abdominal pain. She had no remarkable past medical history and took no medications. ...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic gastric bypass (Lap-RYGB) is an increasingly common procedure performed for severe obesity. Internal hernias are a potential problem associated with Lap-RYGB, and little is known about the clinical presentation and the diagnostic accuracy of this potentially serious complication. METHODS A retrospective review of 1,000 retrocolic Lap-RYGB was performed to identify thos...

Abdominal contouring procedures are frequently performed following massive weight loss after a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. This last procedure can be associated with late complications like the development of internal hernias (e.g., Petersen hernia). The purpose this article is to present case hernia complete abdominoplasty. A 42-year-old female presented emergency department acute abdominal pain...

A 68 year old female presented for elective repair of an abdominal wall hernia. Preoperative CT imaging revealed a right inguinal hernia defect with hernia contents coursing cephalad between the external and internal abdominal oblique muscles. This was consistent with an interstitial inguinal hernia, a rare entity outside of post- traumatic hernias. At operation the hernia contents were reduced...

An 85-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of appetite loss and vomiting. She had no previous history of abdominal surgery, trauma, or intra-abdominal inflammation. Following the diagnosis of a small bowel obstruction due to an incarcerated left inguinal hernia, manual hernia repositioning was attempted, and proceeded smoothly. However, 42 hour after the procedure, she suddenly d...

Repairing large incisional hernia with abdominal wall reconstruction is a technically challenging problem for surgeons. We report our experience of large midline incisional hernia which was repaired successfully with components separation technique. A patient with incisional hernia, 35 × 20 cm in size, underwent operation following standard components separation technique. The aponeurosis of th...

Sciatic hernia is a rare pelvic floor hernia that occurs through the greater or lesser sciatic foramen. Sciatic hernias often present as pelvic pain, particularly in women, and diagnosis can be difficult. Sciatic hernia is one of the rarest forms of internal hernia, which can present as signs and symptoms of small bowel obstruction, swelling in the respective gluteal region or pelvic pain. Tran...

Obturator hernias are a rare form of abdominal wall hernias. We present a case of a patient with an obturator hernia diagnosed by the classical signs of lower abdominal pain, a positive Howship-Romberg sign (painful internal rotation of the hip) and a computed tomography scan showing a herniated loop of small bowel. During the emergency laparoscopic hernia repair (transabdominal preperitoneal a...

background inguinal hernia is the most prevalent surgical disease in clinical practice. endoscopic inguinal hernia repair has been shown to be slightly superior to open approaches. recent modifications in the minilaparoscopic technique may improve the totally extraperitoneal repair (tep) results. objectives we have performed a prospective study to analyze the feasibility of laparoscopic inguina...