Chronic abdominal pain secondary to mesh erosion into cecum following incisional hernia repair: a case report and literature review.
Incisional hernias following abdominal operations are a common complication. Mesh is frequently employed to repair these hernias. Given the popularity of minimally invasive surgery utilizing polypropylene mesh for incisional hernia repair, related complications such postoperative hematoma and seroma, foreign body reaction, organ injury, infection, mesh rejection, and fistula are being noted. Mesh migration is an infrequent occurrence, and is rarely reported in the literature. Those that are usually involve the urinary bladder. In particular, review of literature shows no reports of cases of mesh migration into the cecum several years after an open type incisional hernia repair. We present a case of delayed transmural mesh migration from the abdominal wall into the cecum presenting as chronic abdominal pain.
Gastroenterology Department, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA.
Divyangkumar
D
Gandhi
Gastroenterology Department, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA.
Szember
S
Marcin
Gastroenterology Department, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA.
Zhang
Z
Xin
Gastroenterology Department, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA.
Bale
B
Asha
Gastroenterology Department, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA.
Dharmesh
D
Kaswala
Gastroenterology Department, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA.
Brelvi
B
Zamir
Hernioplasty complication; cecum erosion; chronic abdominal pain Ann; mesh migration