Small bowel incarceration as a complication of port site drainage following laparoscopic hysterectomy | Zendy

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Small bowel incarceration as a complication of port site drainage following laparoscopic hysterectomy

Author(s) -

Sasa Ljustina,

Radmila Sparić,

S Novaković,

Snezana Buzadzic

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

vojnosanitetski pregled

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2406-0720

pISSN - 0042-8450

DOI - 10.2298/vsp1501057l

Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , bowel obstruction , complication , bowel resection , hysterectomy , laparoscopic surgery , laparoscopy , general surgery

Indication for surgical drainage may be prophylactic or therapeutic. However, surgical drains may cause complications. These complications can arise either following laparoscopic or open surgery. One of the rare complications resulting from drainage includes herniation of abdominal viscera at the drain site. The most common herniated abdominal organ is the small bowel.

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