title: Giant inguinoscrotal hernia presenting with acute renal failure: a case report and review of literature.
abstract: We present a case of a giant inguinoscrotal hernia. The patient presented with acute renal failure secondary to obstructive uropathy caused by a large inguinoscrotal hernia. It was treated by reduction of its contents through a right transverse abdominal incision below the arcuate line. The hernial sac contained loops of small bowel along with its mesentery, appendix, caecum and ascending colon. The defect was repaired using Marlex mesh.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, County Hospital, Hereford, UK; Department of Surgery, Russels Hall Hospital, Bushey Fields Road, Dudley, UK. edkolitha@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Kolitha
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goonetilleke
authors.forename: Brendon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McIlroy
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed