title: Incarcerated small bowel in a spigelian hernia.
abstract: We report on a case of a 68-year-old man who was transferred to our department to undergo surgical treatment of intestinal obstruction and a palpable right sided abdominal mass. The abdominal computed tomography scan revealed a small bowel obstruction with an incarcerated spigelian hernia. A mesh repair was performed by suturing the mesh to the internal oblique muscle and to the rectus sheath. The postoperative course was uneventful, and no recurrence has occurred during the 2-year follow-up. An urgent operation should be performed as soon as an accurate diagnosis of incarcerated spigelian hernia has been made. Computed tomography should be helpful in order to establish an accurate diagnosis of the incarcerated hernia.
authors.affiliation: 4th Surgical Department Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, G. Papanikolaou General Regional Hospital Exohi, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece. Ctsalis@med.auth.gr
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsalis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zacharakis
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lambrou
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Betsis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome