Incisional hernia and small bowel obstruction following laparoscopic surgery: computed tomography diagnosis.
Incisional hernias are a relatively uncommon complication of laparoscopic surgery. Early CT diagnosis of small bowel obstruction due to incarceration in an incisional hernia after laparoscopic cholecystectomy enabled early surgery to be carried out, thereby preventing gut ischaemia and resection.
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Division of Medical Imaging, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, Australia.
Voyvodic
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Scroop
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D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed