The patient is a 67-year-old man with primary right-sided inguinoscrotal and infraumbilical hernias. Surgery was performed under peridural anesthesia, through right inguinoscrotal cut and lower median laparotomy, using the Lichtenstein/Stoppa method (a polypropylene mesh 20x30cm was applied). ...
Despite small differences in outcome and length of hospitalisation between Amyand types, appendix inflammation, pre-operative blood examinations and hernia localisation, only right lower quadrant peritonism as a presenting sign (p=0.004) and age greater than 90 years old (p=0.04) were significantly ...
A 72-year-old man presented to our hospital with 1 day of nausea, vomiting and acute left chest pain. He had radical esophagectomy (Sweet approach) for esophageal cancer 18 years ago. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest revealed diaphragmatic hernias and air collection within the pericardia...
Afterward, the surgeon scheduled the patient for herniorrhaphy with mesh, and the patient was discharged from the hospital on the third day after the surgery. Discussion Amyand’s hernia is characterized as an inguinal hernia in which the hernia sac contains the appendix [1]. The initial identif...
This risk of crossover is higher in patients older than 65 years.6 Once an inguinal hernia becomes symptomatic, surgical repair is clearly indicated. Femoral hernias are more likely to present with strangulation and require emergency surgery7 and are thus repaired even when asymptomatic. Because ...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook umbilical hernia Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia Wikipedia n. A hernia in which part of the intestine protrudes through the abdominal wall under the skin in the region of the navel. ...
"On Saturday night, during a routine checkup for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a hernia was found," his office said in a statement, adding that the 74-year-old leader will be under general anaesthetic during his surgery later on Sunday. Signalling his condition was n...
There was no evidence of perforation and the patient was more than 60-years-old. The most common complication of the de Garengeot's hernia repair is wound infection with a rate reaching Konofaos et al. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011, 5:258 http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content...
The wife said get the surgery. I said no. She showed me pictures of people with their intestines at their knees. I said no. To stand more than 20 minutes was hard. To take a bag of salt to the basement for the softener required resting the salt on several stairs. I felt old. I ...
Z Hrabovszky,A Pintér - 《European Journal of Pediatric Surgery》 被引量: 52发表: 1995年 Stab Wound of the Heart with Unusual Sequelae A 31-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department with a stab wound to the heart. She was initially stable but rapidly developed hypotension. ...