Laparoscopic repair of spontaneous vaginal evisceration of small bowel: report of a case.
Spontaneous vaginal evisceration of the small bowel is a rare event. It is precipitated in the postmenopausal woman commonly by hysterectomy and in the premenopausal woman by vaginal trauma. We report a case of a 75-year-old woman presenting with a protruding mass in her vagina and associated abdominal pain. A combined laparoscopic and transvaginal method of repair is described and the advantage of using both techniques highlighted.
Sinclair
Myles D J
MD
Whipps Cross University Hospital, Leytonstone, London, UK.
Davies
Andrew R
AR
Sankaran
Sridevi
S
Agnihotri
Sangeeta
S
Andreani
Stefano M
SM
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007082:Ileum; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011391:Prolapse; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*