Strangulated Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Adhesions at the Peritoneal Suture Site after Laparoscopic Transabdominal Preperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair —A Case Report—
Abstract:Wepresentacaseofstrangulatedsmallbowelobstructioninan80-year-oldmanwhounderwentleft inguinalherniarepairinMarch2017usingthetransabdominalpreperitoneal(TAPP)approach.Nocomplications were reported after TAPP repair, and he was discharged after postoperative day 2. He re-turned1yearand5monthslaterwithleft-sidedlowerabdominalpain.Computedtomographyrevealed strangulatedsmallbowelobstructionthatnecessitatedemergencysurgery.Strangulatedsmallbowelobstructionwascausedbyadhesionsobservedatthesiteofperitonealsutures,andn… Show more
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