title: A strangulated internal hernia behind the external iliac artery after a laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy.
abstract: An internal hernia associated with intra-abdominal blood vessels after a pelvic lymphadenectomy is very rare; to our knowledge, only 1 case has been reported to date. We report a case of a strangulated internal hernia of the small bowel behind the external iliac artery that occurred 3 months after a laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy in a patient with cervical cancer. Retroperitonealization after the pelvic lymphadenectomy should be considered in patients with tortuous, elongated external iliac arteries that could be causal lesions of an internal hernia.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
authors: Ki Min
authors: KM
authors: Kim
authors: Cheol Hong
authors: CH
authors: Kim
authors: Moon Kyoung
authors: MK
authors: Cho
authors: Yong Yeon
authors: YY
authors: Jeong
authors: Yoon Ha
authors: YH
authors: Kim
authors: Ho Sun
authors: HS
authors: Choi
authors: Seok Mo
authors: SM
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007083:Iliac Artery; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010388:Pelvis; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*