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Experience with Laparoscopic Repair of a Strangulated Obturator Hernia: Report of a Case
Author(s) -
Fujita Junko,
Uyama Ichiro,
Sugioka Atsushi,
Komori Yoshiyuki,
Matsui Hideo,
Soga Ryohei,
Hasumi Akitake
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1046/j.1443-1661.2000.00067.x
Subject(s) - medicine , obturator hernia , surgery , anastomosis , bowel resection , general surgery , hernia , resection , laparoscopy , hernia repair
Laparoscopic hernia repair and resection of the small bowel were performed in a 78‐year‐old woman with a strangulated obturator hernia. The hernia orifice was closed primarily by intracorporeal interrupted sutures, as a result of caution to prevent infection with mesh. To minimize the size of the skin incision, the intestinal resection and entero‐anastomosis were performed intracorporeally. The postoperative recovery was uneventful. We consider that laparoscopic obturator hernia repair with intracorporeal bowel resection and anastomosis should be considered as a method of choice in some cases, in order to minimize the risk of morbidity and mortality.