In this era of laparoscopic surgery, laparoscopic repair of ventral hernia is gaining popularity due to faster recovery, shorter hospital stay and lower recurrence rates. In obese patients it is a technically easier procedure than open repair. However, this new method requires advanced technologies. Transfacial sutures and tacks are the usual methods to fix the mesh to the anterior abdominal wall. These methods, however, have their own complications. This article is to report an unusual complication of tacks migrating and trying to extrude out of anterior abdominal wall, forming chronic sinuses.
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