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The authors report on a 20-month-old boy with internal inguinal hernia. The patient was reoperated for clinical signs of intestinal obstruction after an incarcerated inguinal hernia repair. The diagnosis of internal inguinal hernia was proven by surgical exploration. This is the first internal inguinal hernia case reported in the literature and completely different from the atypical parainguinal hernias reported before.
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PMID:Internal inguinal hernia in a 20-month-old boy. 1105 Nov 58

The case of a 37-year-old man in whom a massive hemoperitoneum developed a few hours after running is described. The patient disclaimed any trauma and clearly noted that symptoms appeared after running. Findings at laparoscopy showed that the bleeding was caused by the rupture of adhesions between the omentum and left inguinal abdominal wall. These adhesions, which had resulted from a previous laparoscopic transperitoneal bilateral inguinal hernia cure, were resected. Recovery was simple and follow-up assessment was uneventful. Hemoperitoneum secondary to the rupture of intraperitoneal adhesions is very rare in the absence of precipitating trauma. However, the trauma can be trivial. Rupture of intra-abdominal adhesions has been described after sexual intercourse or mobilization of the patient under general anesthesia. Disruption of adhesions by insufflation or mobilization of organs under laparoscopy also is reported. The transperitoneal approach to laparoscopic treatment of inguinal hernia can be responsible for late intestinal obstruction caused by intra-abdominal adhesions, but late hemorrhagic complication has not yet been reported.
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PMID:Acute hemoperitoneum caused by rupture of omentum adhesions after running. 1139 28

The aim of this study was to determine the outcome for patients treated for strangulated inguinal hernia with intestinal resection for gangrenous. Between May 1997 and November 1998, 124 patients were admitted to our hospital for acute intestinal obstruction; 34 of them were treated for strangulated inguinal hernia and 17 underwent an intestinal resection. The outcome for the 34 patients with strangulated hernias were analysed retrospectively. Strangulated inguinal hernia occurred in young patients (80 per cent of our patients were aged under 45 years) and strangulation had evolved over an average of 2.5 days. The clinical picture was simple strangulated hernia in 10 cases, with intestinal obstruction syndrome in 15 cases, peritonitis in 3 cases, phlegmonous hernia in 4 cases, and fistulae in one case. Fifty per cent of patients had intestinal resection with poor means of resuscitation. This resection concerned 80 per cent of patients with strangulation lasting over 72 hours. Surgical repair of hernia was performed in 24 cases at the same time. There were numerous complications, notably: wound sepsis (16 cases), post-operative peritonitis (3 cases) and multiple system failure (12 cases). The mortality rate was 40 per cent and concerned 86 per cent of patients with small bowel necrosis and 89 per cent of those admitted after 96 hours of strangulation.
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PMID:[Prognosis of strangulated inguinal hernia in the adult: influence of intestinal necrosis. Apropos of 34 cases]. 1177 15

Mechanical intestinal obstructions form important part of pathologies those necessitates emergent surgical intervention. Length of time between symptoms and surgery, preference of surgical procedure and prevention of recurrence are still under discussion. While the most frequent etiological factor is postoperative adhesions in developed countries, strangulated hernias are more common in developing countries. In this study, among 147 cases operated on with the diagnosis of mechanical intestinal obstruction between 1993-1999, 80 strangulated were 50 males (%62.5) and 30 females (%37.5). Mean age was 59 years (range 4-94). The most frequent type of hernia was inguinal hernia and observed in 49 cases. Small intestine was detected most frequently in hernia sac. In 14 cases (%17.5), beside hernia repair, additional surgical interventions were performed. Total morbidity was %22.5 and mortality was %7.5. Patients with mechanical intestinal obstruction should be evaluated for abdominal wall hernias because of high incidence of mech surgical intervention have high morbidity and mortality rates, elective surgery should be recommended when abdominal wall hernia is diagnosed.
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PMID:[Mechanical intestinal obstruction caused by abdominal wall hernias]. 1181 83

There were 468 patients (58% females and 42% males) operated for mechanical bowel obstruction over the period of 13 years, i.e. between 1987 and 1999 included into this study. In 82.3% of these patients the obstruction involved the small intestine; in this group 5.1% had multi-level obstruction related to massive carcinomatous dissemination. The remaining 17.7% of the patients had colonic obstruction. The most common cause of small bowel obstruction was intestinal strangulation (N = 352). Two thirds of those patients had strangulated hernias, and one-third--obstruction due to adhesions. In the former group, the majority of subjects suffered from femoral hernia incarceration, while inguinal hernia strangulation was somewhat less common. In 9 patients we observed rare small bowel obstruction caused by a gallstone. Of 83 patients with large intestine obstruction, in 80 (96.4%) obstruction was caused by a primary tumor. In the presented material we observed a higher rate of strangulated hernlas then the rate of obstruction due to adhesion, which is opposite to a typical pattern of developed countries. Most likely this difference results from a lower number of elective hernioplasty performed in Poland then in the USA and Western Europe.
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PMID:[Causes of intestinal obstruction]. 1181 42

A case of perforated sigmoid colon, complicated with peritonitis inside the inguinal hernia scrotal sack is presented. A 91 years old male with reducible inguinal tumor from 4 years ago, that 4 days before hospitalization turns to an unyielding restitution inguinal hernia. Producing an intestinal obstruction. Sigmoidectomy with a Hartman colostomy and inguinal herniorraphy was done. Anatomopatologycal study show adenocarcinoma of colon, tubular type, with moderate differentation. TNM classification: T4 N2 M0. We comment the characteristic of this not very frequent presentation tumoral disease, and comment similar findings. A bibliography review of the subject is made.
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PMID:[IN CARCIRADED INGUINOSCROTAL HERNIA WITHIN SIGMODIAL PERFORATED ADENOCARCINOMA AND PERITONITIS IN THE SCROTAL SAC.A CASE REPORT] 1214 May 89

Reduction en masse of a hernia is defined as the displacement of a hernia mass without relief of incarceration or strangulation. This entity is an extremely rare occurrence. This diagnosis should be considered in all cases of intestinal obstruction after apparent reduction of an incarcerated hernia. Because of the extremely rare occurrence of this condition, however, the definitive diagnosis of reduction en masse may be difficult. We report the first case of laparoscopic relief of reduction en masse of incarcerated inguinal hernia. Laparoscopic surgery can be considered a better approach than open surgery because, while it is just as effective as the latter in making a definitive diagnosis and relieving incarceration, it is much less invasive and allows the patient to make a more rapid recovery.
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PMID:Laparoscopic relief of reduction en masse of incarcerated inguinal hernia. 1240 49

Extragonadal endometriosis is rarely diagnosed preoperatively for the variety of its localizations. Presentations to general surgeons may be atypical and pose diagnostic difficulty, mimicking other acute diseases. We report three cases treated with surgical operation. Case 1: a 28-year-old woman admitted for bowel obstruction due to coecal endometriosis, with appendix mucocele, peritoneal pseudomyxoma and ovarian endometrioma. The patient underwent right colectomy and right adnexectomy in the emergency setting. Case 2: a 31-year-old woman with endometriosis of the distal extraperitoneal portion of the round ligament presenting as an irreducible inguinal hernia. An operation was performed: the round ligament and a polycystic structure encompassing it were completely excised. Case 3: a 41-year-old woman, with umbilical endometriosis diagnosed by her gynaecologist, was admitted to our department for excision. Surgical treatment of extragonadal endometriosis is adequate. However, postoperative follow-up is mandatory and hormonal suppressive therapy may be indicated by the gynaecologist.
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PMID:[Extrauterine endometriosis: what interest for the general surgeon? Presentation of 3 clinical cases and review of the literature]. 1246 68

We describe a case of small bowel obstruction due to prosthetic mesh migration. A 67-year-old male, who had undergone prosthetic repair of inguinal hernia 3 years before, was admitted for a mechanical small bowel obstruction. Laparotomy revealed the penultimate ileal loop choked by an adhesion drawing it towards a polypropylene mesh, firmly attached to the parietal peritoneum of the inguinal region. The intestinal loop was released; the mesh was embedded deep with continuous whip suture after folding the parietal peritoneum. The patient was dismissed on the 11th postoperative day surgically healed. The "tension-free" technique is undoubtedly the gold standard for hernia repair. However, it is not free of complications, mostly due to technical errors, of which the surgeon must be aware, both when he is responsible for correcting defects in the wall, as well as when he has to face an occlusion in a patient who has undergone plastic surgery for inguinal hernia.
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PMID:Late complication of open inguinal hernia repair: small bowel obstruction caused by intraperitoneal mesh migration. 1271 67

A 43 year old female was admitted with features of intestinal obstruction. On laparotomy, a strangulated Richter's hernia with an abscess within an incisional hernial sac through a previous lower segment caesarean section scar was diagnosed. Resection and anastomosis was performed. Strangulated Richter's hernia is a rare entity making up 8.3% of all strangulated hernias. There have been reports of Richter's hernia with strangulation in inguinal hernia, femoral hernia and port hernia after laparoscopic surgery but none so far in an incisional hernia.
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PMID:Gangrenous Richter's hernia with intrasac abscess. 1283 11


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