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Complications involving the abdominal wall, particularly incisional hernias, were not expected when laparoscopic procedures were first introduced. With the increasing number of laparoscopies in abdominal surgery, more incisional hernias are observed. The authors report 13 cases of umbilical incisional hernia, which occurred late after laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and one case of omental procidentia through a lateral port, which occurred early after laparoscopic hernia repair with the transabdominal preperitoneal technique. There are 4 men and 10 women (mean age, 59.8 years; range, 40-74 years). Between March 1991 and December 1997, a total of 1,287 patients underwent laparoscopic operations at the Surgical Department of the Gradenigo Hospital in Turin, Italy. Incisional hernia incidence is 1%. Risk factors, such as chronic bronchitis or weight increase, which give rise to endoabdominal pressure, are present in some cases. Malnutrition may have a major role in many cases. Calculi larger than 15 mm are also seen frequently. Postlaparoscopy incisional hernia is generally a minor complication--only once did its occurrence cause a strangulated hernia. All precautions, including fascial suturing, must be taken to reduce the 1% incidence of postoperative incisional hernias.
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PMID:Incisional hernia and fascial defect following laparoscopic surgery. 1087 24

Complications involving the abdominal wall, particularly incisional hernias, were not expected when laparoscopic procedures were first introduced. With the increasing number of laparoscopies in abdominal surgery, more incisional hernias are observed. The authors report 13 cases of umbilical incisional hernia, which occurred late after laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and one case of omental procidentia through a lateral port, which occurred early after laparoscopic hernia repair with the transabdominal preperitoneal technique. There are 4 men and 10 women (mean age, 59.8 years; range, 40-74 years). Between March 1991 and December 1997, a total of 1,287 patients underwent laparoscopic operations at the Surgical Department of the Gradenigo Hospital in Turin, Italy. Incisional hernia incidence is 1%. Risk factors, such as chronic bronchitis or weight increase, which give rise to endoabdominal pressure, are present in some cases. Malnutrition may have a major role in many cases. Calculi larger than 15 mm are also seen frequently. Postlaparoscopy incisional hernia is generally a minor complication--only once did its occurrence cause a strangulated hernia. All precautions, including fascial suturing, must be taken to reduce the 1% incidence of postoperative incisional hernias.
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PMID:Incisional hernia and fascial defect following laparoscopic surgery. 1080 97

Pelvic organ prolapse of the female is a common disease with age dependent increase in incidence. The committee for standardisation of the International Continence Society recently suggested to avoid classical terms such as cystocele, rectocele or enterocele for the description of prolapse and to replace them by defined landmarks. The "Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification" (POPQ) was developed and five different grades of prolapse were defined. This is a true gain for scientific documentation but needs some effort to be implemented in routine practical work. Previous normal vaginal delivery is statistically highly correlated with prolapse, followed by climacteric involution, constitutional factors, physical work, chronic bronchitis, and overweight respectively. The diagnosis is confirmed by clinical examination. Defects of the supportive structures can be precisely assessed with dynamic magnetic resonance imaging. Time will show whether this costly method will become part of routine diagnostic procedures. A patient with moderate prolapse or few complaints may be treated conservatively with pelvic floor training or electrotherapy. Modern pessaries are tried as first line therapy or for patients unwilling to undergo surgery. Local estrogen application should routinely be prescribed for perimenopausal patients. In the last decade laparoscopic techniques have been established in addition to standard methods of pelvic floor reconstruction. These techniques do not follow a new surgical strategy but realise the minimal invasive approach to established methods of pelvic floor reconstruction. Of note, laparoscopic fixation is very convenient for young women who want to preserve their uterus. Long time follow up is not available for most techniques.
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PMID:[Pelvic organ prolapse]. 1183 46

A 61-year-old man with diabetes mellitus and chronic bronchitis was brought to the hospital after falling from a roof accidentally. He received blunt trauma to the left chest wall including left rib fractures, pneumothorax, hemothorax and a fracture of left scapula. After endotracheal intubation and chest drainage, he was transferred to the intensive care unit. Sixteen days later, congestive heart failure appeared. Echocardiography showed a severe aortic valve regurgitation with a prolapse of non-coronary cusp. Eight months after the injury, his heart failure deteriorated. He underwent aortic valve replacement with a mechanical prosthesis. Upon examining the aortic valve, we noted 2 perforations in the non-coronary cusp of the aortic valve. Postoperative course was uneventful.
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PMID:[Traumatic aortic regurgitation complicating chronic bronchitis; report of a case]. 1628 62

The pelvine organ prolapse (POP) is a condition affecting million of women, with a major impact upon the social and professional life of the patients. According to various studies, it affects approximately 40% of the women aged over 50 years. About 10% of women with POP require a surgical procedure for POP or urinary incontinence. Our study comprised a number of 14 patients, aged between 55 and 70 years, hospitalized and treated in the Clinic of Urology within the Emergency County Hospital of Craiova, Romania, between 2011 and 2013, for second-degree cystocele. Of these, 11 (78.57%) patients had more than two natural deliveries, 10 suffered more than three abortions, and eight (57.14%) women suffered from obesity. The increase of abdominal pressure, induced by chronic coughing, constipation or hard physical work, was identified in more patients. Thus, six (42.8%) patients presented chronic bronchitis, four (28.57%) patients were smokers, eight (57.14%) patients presented chronic constipation, and 10 (71.42%) patients stated that they had performed hard physical work. The presence of effort urinary incontinence, associated to the cystocele, was found in eight (57.14%) cases. The surgical intervention consisted in the performance of a direct cystopexia with a synthetic tent, placed in a transobturatory way, in a "tension free" manner (Perigee System). The post-operatory evolution was a good one; the results after six months showed that 12 (85.71%) women were cured, two (14.29%) cases of cystocele relapsed, while in two patients there maintained the effort urinary incontinence. The histopathological examination of the anterior vaginal wall fragments, harvested during the surgical intervention, showed the presence of a chronic inflammatory infiltrate in the lamina propria of the uterine mucosa, which may cause the post-operatory relapses. We consider that the reduction of the inflammatory process through the administration of anti-inflammatory drugs could reduce the POP onset and progress.
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PMID:Etiopathogenic, therapeutic and histopathological aspects upon the anterior vaginal wall prolapse. 2642 70