title: Laparoscopic repair of postoperative perineal hernia.
abstract: Symptomatic perineal hernia is a rare complication after abdominoperineal resection. Various approaches to surgical repair have been described, including transabdominal, transperineal, and combined abdominoperineal repairs. In this report, we present a laparoscopic approach for repairing a perineal hernia that developed 10 months after laparoscopy-assisted abdominoperineal resection for a recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a laparoscopic repair of perineal hernia.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Ali M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ghellai
authors.forename: Saleem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Stoker
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000209:etiology*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010502:Perineum / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence