Abdominal hernias are a common cause of bowel obstruction. The major types of abdominal hernias are external or abdominal wall hernias, which occur at areas of congenital or acquired weakness in the abdominal wall. An alternative entity is internal hernias, which are characterized by a protrusion of viscera through the peritoneum or mesentery. We herein present the case of a female peritoneal d...

Sigmoid mesocolon hernia is an uncommon type of internal hernia with only a few cases reported to date. This disease entity can progress rapidly to cause vascular disturbance, necrosis, and perforation of the bowel wall; therefore, early diagnosis and surgical treatment are essential. We describe the case of an intra-mesosigmoid hernia in a 60-year-old man without history of previous abdominal ...

Internal hernias are a rare cause of acute intestinal obstruction and defined as an incarceration the small bowel through natural or abnormal intra-abdominal orifice. Transomental internal represent 1 to 4% all reported generally observed after age 50years old. Imaging is still interest in diagnosis obstruction, but only 8% transomental would be diagnosed pre-operatively. Their surgical managem...

Paraduodenal hernia is a rare congenital internal hernia which arises from an error of rotation of the midgut with entrapment of the small intestine beneath the developing colon. It is important as it usually presents as intestinal obstruction, and before laparotomy is often misdiagnosed. Mortality increases significantly with delays in surgical treatment. Two cases are presented: an 8 year old...

Cough can be associated with many complications. In this article, we present a 59 year old male patient with a very rare combination of a cough related stress fracture of the ninth rib, a traumatic rupture of the diaphragm, and an abdominal wall herniation. The hernia was repaired through surgical treatment without bowel resection, the diaphragm and the internal and oblique abdominal muscle wer...

BACKGROUND Emergency physicians can utilize bedside ultrasound to aid in the diagnosis of abdominal wall hernias and in the reduction of incarcerated hernias. OBJECTIVES To review the sonographic appearance and diagnostic criteria of abdominal wall hernias and to describe the potential use of ultrasound as an aid in hernia reduction. CASE REPORT An emergency physician utilized bedside ultra...

Herniated gravid uterus in an incisional hernia of the anterior abdominal wall is relatively rare. A 30-year-old house wife presented with a six month gravid uterus that had herniated through an incisional hernia of the anterior abdominal wall. She had non-operative management till term, when she then had elective lower caesarian section. Physiotherapy of the anterior abdominal wall muscles to ...

A patient with an umbilical hernia presenting with collateral veins in the abdominal wall and umbilicus is a case that every hernia surgeon has to deal with occasionally. Several underlying diseases have been described to provoke collateral veins in the abdominal wall. However, the treatment strategy should be uniform. We herein report a case of a successful laparoscopic umbilical hernia repair...

A massive inguinoscrotal hernia extending below the midpoint of the inner thigh, in a standing position, constitute a 'giant' inguinoscrotal hernia. A 74-year-old male presented with giant left sided inguinal hernia for the last 30 years. Patient underwent open repair under general anesthesia after perioperative respiratory exercise. Standard hernia repair identified a sliding hernia containing...

Traumatic abdominal wall hernia is a relatively uncommon finding secondary to blunt trauma. We report a unique case of laparoscopic diagnosis and immediate repair of a traumatic anterior abdominal wall hernia after blunt abdominal trauma.