Open AccessIatrogenic Internal Hernia Involving the Iliac Artery
Author(s) -
Alexander M. Guba,
Frederick C. Lough,
G. J. Collins,
Marshall M. Feaster,
Norman M. Rich
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-197807000-00008
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , internal iliac artery , bowel obstruction , hernia , etiology , lymphadenectomy , internal hernia , iliac artery , common iliac artery , radiology , cancer
Four months postradical lymphadenectomy and pelvic irradiation for Stage I teratocarcinoma of the testis, a patient was found to have an internal strangulated herniation of small bowel beneath the right iliac artery. The operative management is discussed, and the literature is reviewed concerning the etiology of small bowel obstruction in postoperative, irradiated patients and the techniques of peritoneal closure.