Group A patients were subjected to open posterior preperitoneal approach and those of group B were subjected to transinguinal anterior tension-free repair. All of our patients were gentlemen with ...

The aim of this study was to compare the open posterior preperitoneal versus anterior tension-free approach for repair of unilateral recurrent inguinal hernia regarding complications and early ...

Single incision transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) repair for groin hernia is another advancement of laparoscopic groin hernia surgery. The first single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) was ...

If an unusual cystic structure is found incidentally during laparoscopy, it should be photographed to document its size and position, and later investigated with CT scan and MRI. Asymptomatic ...

Two patients with a laparoscopic resection of the sigmoid colon in their surgical history were diagnosed with an internal hernia because of a mesenteric gap underneath the descending neocolon. While ...

Multiple surgical teams have to work simultaneously to rescue these patients. Surgeons have to be adept at dealing with pelvic and gluteal bleeding, sometimes by preperitoneal packing and by ligating ...

A hernia is when an organ or tissue protrudes through a weak area of muscle. This is most common in the abdomen. Hernia repair surgery may be called a hernioplasty or herniorrhaphy. During this ...

Outcomes of endovascular repair for patients with blunt traumatic aortic injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2014;76:510-516. 6. Burlew CC, Moore EE, Smith WR, et al. Preperitoneal pelvic ...

The tract must be straight from access incision to pelvic pouch. The pelvic pouch lies posterior to the tract through the abdominal wall; as stiffer and larger dilators are introduced, these can ...