title: Posthemipelvectomy hernia.
abstract: We report the case of a white male who underwent a classic hemipelvectomy due to a femur fibrosarcoma with inguinal metastases, which 33 years later, developed into a posthemipelvectomy hernia in the amputation stump that impaired the use of his Canadian prosthesis. The hernia was repaired with a polypropylene mesh in a subaponeurotic position. A seroma was drained in the postoperative and it was only 2 months after the operation that he could use his prosthesis with any difficulty. A year after the operation, the hernia had not recurred. Only seven similar cases have been published, and there are only four cases with details of their correction, two with a mesh as was our case, and the rest with a primary suture of the aponeurotic borders. A brief review of the bibliography is given on this subject.
authors.affiliation: Clínica Moncloa, Fundación General Universidad de Alcalá (FGUA), c/José Donoso 2, 5 B, Madrid, 28050, Spain. javierdie@hotmail.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Die Trill
authors.forename: J M Fernández
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Madrid
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferrero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Igea
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Medina
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Canales
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Perea
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García Villanueva
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Die Goyanes
mesh_terms: D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000601:surgery; D006428:Hemipelvectomy; D006547:Hernia / Q000209:etiology*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery