Colonoscopic removal of inguinal hernia mesh: report of a case and literature review.
The transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) procedure for laparoscopic inguinal hernia mesh repair is being applied with increasing frequency. This technique has an acceptable recurrence rate (0.4-3.9%), but has varying complication rates (1.3-17.4%).1,2 We report the first case of mesh penetration of the colon following laparoscopic TAPP repair, treated with colonoscopy.
Celik
Alper
A
Department of General Surgery, Ankara Oncology Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. doktoralper@hotmail.com
Kutun
Suat
S
Kockar
Cem
C
Mengi
Nurdan
N
Ulucanlar
Haluk
H
Cetin
Abdullah
A
D003113:Colonoscopy; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013526:Surgical Mesh