title: Vasal injury during inguinal herniorrhaphy: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: An injury to the vas deferens during inguinal herniorrhaphy from possible tethering of the vas has not, to our knowledge, previously been described in the surgical literature. We report a case of iatrogenic injury of the vas deferens that occurred during elective hernia repair in a 28-year-old man who had previously sustained blunt trauma to the abdomen and pelvis.
authors: Urologist at the Urology Institute of the South Bay, Torrance in CA. lawrenceflechner@gmail.com.
authors: Lawrence
authors: L
authors: Flechner
authors: Assistant Professor in Urology and Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. smithjf@urology.ucsf.edu.
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Smith
authors: Professor of Pathology at the University of California, San Francisco. patrick.treseler@ucsf.edu.
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Treseler
authors: Immediate Past President of the Northern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons and a General Surgeon at Marin General Hospital in CA. maaj@maringeneral.org.
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Maa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002921:Cicatrix; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000293:injuries*