title: An elective detection of an Amyand's hernia with an adhesive caecum to the sac: Report of a rare case.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Existence of non-inflamed or inflamed vermiform appendix in an inguinal hernia is named Amyand's hernia in honor to the surgeon Claudius Amyand who successfully performed first perforated appendicitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 69-year-old Turkish male patient with a slight right groin pain and swelling was presented to our clinic, and found to have a slightly tender and reducible right inguinal hernia. He underwent surgery under general anesthesia, and a adhesive caecum and an inflamed appendix were explored within the hernia sac. Adhesions were divided by sharp dissection and appendectomy was performed. After carrying out a Lichtenstein hernioplasty, a broad-spectrum antibiotic was postoperatively admitted for 3 days. He recovered uneventfully, and neither complication nor recurrence was detected during 52 months of follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although occurrence of an appendicitis in an inguinal hernia is rare, a surgeon should be vigilant for facing with it even in elective cases. Treatment can be provided only surgically, but surgical treatment is not standard except from appendectomy. In our opinion, application of mesh hernia repair should depend on the degree of inflammation of appendix and the presence of incarceration of hernia sac with a suitable antibiotic admission for 3-5 days postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Giresun University Faculty of Medicine, 28100 Giresun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ilker
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sengul
authors.forename: Demet
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sengul
authors.forename: Duygu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aribas