Search results for "hernia"

Giant incisional hernia in the ederly patient. A Rapid and simple surgical technique

2007

Objectives The aim is to obtain a) a safe procedure to repair the large abdominal defect and reinforce the fragile zones around; b) a simple and rapid technique to reduce the operation time. Materials And Methods Retrospective review of medical records of 72 elderly patients in whom intraperitoneal mesh placement was used between January 1988 and June 2005. Results No intraoperative complication occurred. In the postoperative stage 7 seromas, 4 haematomas, 2 infections occurred, all solved with conservative treatment. Conclusion The incidence of incisional hernia (IH) vary between 1% and 15 %, with increasing risk of recurrence in relation to the age of patients, wound infection, obesity an…

Laparoscopic lower lateral incisional hernia repair after kidney transplant

2015

Inguinal hernia: The destiny of the inferior epigastric vessels and the pathogenesis of the disease

2020

While many scientific reports deal with inguinal hernia, including treatment methods and prosthetic devices proposed to provide a cure, few studies have sought to deepen our understanding of the etiology of this disease. The genesis of inguinal protrusion seems to be a neglected subject, even though addressing hernia genesis may be helpful for improving techniques and materials for surgical treatment. To clarify the source of inguinal protrusions, macroscopic and histological alterations of the inferior epigastric vessels in the herniated groin have been studied. These vascular structures exhibit significant features that could help to illuminate hernia genesis.In patients with double ipsil…

Fixation-free inguinal hernia repair using a dynamic self-retaining implant.

2012

Inguinal hernia repair remains controversial, despite advances in technique and materials. Conventional implants are typically static (passive) and do not move in concert with the groin's motility. Inguinal hernia repair with mesh fixation on dynamic groin structures are not tension free, and are associated with tissue tearing, bleeding, hematoma, and nerve entrapment--all which might contribute to mesh dislocation. The poor quality of tissue ingrowth within static meshes/plugs embodies another crucial issue in prosthetic hernia repair. Because the prosthetics used for inguinal hernia repair are incorporated by rigid fibrotic tissue (hence the term "scar plate"), the regressive tissue leads…

The value of diagnostic ultrasound for detecting occult inguinal hernia in patients with groin pain

2014

Aims: chronic groin pain caused by an occult hernia can be a difficult clinical diagnosis and may require additional investiga- tive modalities. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the accuracy of ultrasound in diagnosing occult hernia in patients with recurrent inguinal pain and a negative clinical examination. Patients and methods: over a period of three years, a total of 76 patients were referred for ultrasound examination with clini- cally suspected occult inguinal hernia. Patients with positive US scans were offered surgery, while those with negative US findings were offered further imaging or other diagnostic tests. The ultrasound examination of the inguinal region was conducted …

Use of tailored intraperitoneal ePTFE dual mesh in permagna inguinal hernia

2012

Here we report a case of a giant inguinoscrotal hernia in an elderly patients treated by means of an open positioning of intraperitoneal ePTFE dual mesh. In patients with giant inguinoscrotal hernia the forceful introduction of viscera in abdominal cavity and primary wall closure is burnened from respiratory complication, abdominal compartment syndrome, and defects in wound healing thus exposing the patients to further morbidity and mortality risk. The management of these patients is difficult because of the high occurrence of morbidity factors that affect the success on intervention independently of the technique of surgical repair. The tension- free technique we adopted consented us to ob…

Physiopathology of hernia disease

2012

The genesis of inguinal hernia still represents a dilemma. Deryite innovation in surgical matenals and techniques, no care has lrccn eler concerning the etiology of hernia. Following a specific Erlnù tissue samples were excised in 30 fresh male cadavers with iÉr.l lsnias, from structures close to the hemia orifice. for histological study. 15 cadavers without hernia served as conffol. The tissue excised demonstrated several histological changes. Among these, fibrohyaline degeneration and fatty dystrophy of the myocytes. Besides limpho-histiocytic and plasmacellular clusters, we found also vein fibrosis and congestion. The arterial structrres showed thicken- ing of the media due to Lyperplade…

Port-site hernia following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: personal experience and literature review

2015

Background The purpose of our study is to define the real incidence of port-site hernias (PSH) following laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) through a long-term follow-up and to evaluate the significance of several technical and patient-related factors. Materials and Methods A total of 513 consecutive patients who underwent LC at Section of General and Thoracic Surgery of the University Hospital of Palermo in the period between January 2008 and January 2012 were retrospectively examined. The pneumoperitoneum at 12 mmHg was always established with Hasson’s technique at the umbilical site. Surgery was performed using the French technique. Closure of the fascial defect was performed only at the …

Gastrooesophageal reflux and "Epileptic" attacks: casually associated or related? Efficiency of antireflux surgery, a case report

2012

P02.30 GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX AND “EPILEPTIC” ATTACKS: CASUALLY ASSOCIATED OR RELATED? EFFICIENCY OF ANTIREFLUX SURGERY A CASE REPORT Achille Mastrosimone1, Alessia Cusimano2, Silvia Marino2, Gianni Pantuso2, Eugenio Fiorentino2 1Policlinico Of Palermo, Palermo/ITALY, 2University Of Palermo, Palermo/ITALY Background: Although a possible link between gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) and obstructive sleeping apnoea has already been reported in the literature, there has never been any suggestion of an association with epilepsy, and epileptic attacks have not so far been included among gastro- oesophageal reflux disease symptoms. Methods: We report the case of a patient with gastro-o…

The nuck's cyst: A disease easily confused for inguinal hernia. A case report

2014

Nuck's canal cyst is a blind end adult residual of the fetal peritoneum. These rare cyst formations are usually found in the inguinal canal and can easily be mistaken for hernia, or enlarged limph nodes. Clinically, a Nuck's canal cyst appears as a painless or moderately painful swelling in inguinal area. We report the case of a 40 years-old woman with a painless swelling in her left inguinal region, believed a groin hernia but diagnosed as a Nuck's canal cyst only after intervention. Intraoperatively, the cyst was opened and sebsequently excised, closing the abdominal wall without the use of any sort of syntetic prostetic material.