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REPAIR OF GIANT INGUINOSCROTAL INGUINAL HERNIA USING MARLEX MESH AND SCROTAL SKIN FLAPS
Author(s) -
Merrett N. D.,
Waterworth M. W.,
Green M. F.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1994.tb02231.x
Subject(s) - medicine , inguinal hernia , surgery , hernia , abdominal wall , reduction (mathematics) , surgical mesh , hernia repair , geometry , mathematics
A new technique for the repair of giant inguinoscrotal hernia is described. It consists of: reduction of the hernia; repair of the hernial orifices with marlex mesh; creation of a midline anterior wall defect to increase intra‐abdominal capacity; covering this defect with marlex mesh; then covering the midline marlex mesh with a rotation flap of inguinoscrotal skin. This technique increases intra‐abdominal capacity and allows reduction of the hernia without compromising respiratory function, in patients with chronic airflow limitation, by using skin that would otherwise be discarded.