title: A rare cause of mechanical bowel obstruction: mesh migration.
abstract: The use of mesh has become the gold standard in hernia operations recently due to advantages such as lower recurrence rates, lower post-surgical pain and earlier return to work. Plug mesh application, first described by Robins and Rutkow [Robbins AW, Rutkow IM (1993) The mesh-plug hernioplasty. Surg Clin North Am 73:501-512], is a popular method of hernia repair. Although rare, there may be complications of surgery using plug mesh. This report presents a case of mechanic bowel obstruction due to mesh migration, 3 years after a left inguinal hernia repair with plug mesh method.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Military Hospital, 30000, Hakkari, Turkey. dribrahimyilmaz@yahoo.com
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Karakaş
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sucullu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yucel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed