Laparoscopic hernia repair is a frequently performed operation. Although it has many advantages over open inguinal hernia repair, laparoscopic surgery is not without complications. Small bowel obstruction is a complication unique to laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernias. It is reported following transabdominal preperitoneal repairs. We present a case of small bowel incarceration through a per...

S CROTAL hernia is the protrusion of the intestine or of any other organ into the scrotum, usually through the inguinal canal. Herewith are presented some pertinent findings from a study of the incidence of scrotal hernia among the inbred lines of swine maintained by the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. Warwick (1926, 193 l) conducted the most extensive breeding experiments yet reported on...

Open inguinal hernia repair remains the gold standard to treat inguinal hernias and is associated with a low recurrence and complication rate [1,2,3,4]. The majority of inguinal hernia repairs are completed on an outpatient basis. Local, spinal, epidural, and general endotracheal anesthesia are used depending on patient comorbidities and surgeon preference. Overall, patient recovery is relative...

The patient was a 52-year-old man who presented with right inguinal swelling and pain. He had undergone kidney transplantation in 2005 and bypass surgery using a vascular prosthesis from the left axillary artery to the bilateral femoral arteries in 2008. The vascular prosthesis had invaded the right inguinal canal ventrally. The transplanted ureter had a hazy appearance on a non-enhanced abdomi...

Introduction. Inguinal hernias are very common in men. A clinical exam can do the diagnosis easily. But bowel perforation inside an inguinal hernia caused by a directly blunt trauma is rare and can have important consequences. Up to now, there have been a few case reports that described blunt injury to the inguinal area causing traumatic perforation of the bowel in the inguinal hernia. Case Rep...

INTRODUCTION An inguinal hernia is a common surgical disease in elderly patients, but an association with intra-abdominal malignancies is rare. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a 78-year-old Caucasian woman presenting with a right inguinal mass suspected to be an irreducible hernia. A computed tomography scan showed the presence of the cecum in her inguinal canal, with an irregular thick...

Fig. 1. Intra-operative picture of the cystic mass. Dear Editor, Although hernia is the most common abnormality of the inguinal region1, other pathological entities may also be found in the area such as tumors of various elements of spermatic cord, lipomas, dermoid and epidermoid cysts and a few others2-4. Some of these may mimic an irreducible inguinal hernia and pose an initial diagnostic dil...

The processus vaginalis within the inguinal canal forms the canal of Nuck, which is a homolog of the processus vaginalis in women. Incomplete obliteration of the processus vaginalis causes indirect inguinal hernia or hydrocele of the canal of Nuck, a very rare condition in women. Here, we report 2 cases of hydrocele of the canal of Nuck that were diagnosed with ultrasonography in both cases and...

INTRODUCTION Cryptorchidism is common in children but is rare in the elderly. It often presents with a constellation of signs and symptoms similar to routine inguinal hernias. We present the case of an elderly man with cryptorchidism containing a Leydig cell tumor and provide clinical insights. PRESENTATION OF CASE An-84-year old man was admitted with an incarcerated right lower quadrant hern...

Inguinal hernia is a very common problem and has been treated surgically since long. The Stoppa repair is a tension free type of hernia repair, performed by wrapping the lower part of the parietal peritoneum with prosthetic mesh and placing it at a preperitoneal level over Fruchauds myopectineal orifice. We evaluated Stoppa pro peritoneal mesh repair as a method of repair for bilateral and unil...