title: Laparoscopic repair of abdominal intercostal hernia: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Abdominal intercostal herniation occurs rarely, with only 27 previous cases reported in the literature. An 84-year-old man presented with a painful large thoraco-abdominal mass. He had no history of trauma or surgery to the chest or abdomen. A thoraco-abdominal computerized tomography scan revealed a protrusion of intra-abdominal omental fat into a sac between the left eighth and ninth ribs. We present a novel technique for the repair of this uncommon condition. There were no peri-operative complications and the patient was asymptomatic on review 9 months later. We suggest that a laparoscopic approach may be used for treatment of an uncomplicated abdominal intercostal hernia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, York Hospital, Wigginton Road, York, UK YO31 8HE.
authors.forename: Mohamed A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kurer
authors.forename: Ian M J
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Bradford
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D012272:Ribs; D013526:Surgical Mesh