De Garengeot hernia: a rare case in an elderly woman and a review of operative approaches
| Autor: | Tharanrajh Arumugam, Syaza Putri Zainudin, Kah Yee Ho, Firdaus Hayati |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Laparoscopic surgery
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| Zdroj: | BMJ Case Rep |
| Popis: | De Garengeot hernia is a rare finding of the vermiform appendix inside a femoral hernia sac. We report this occurrence in a 73-year-old woman who presented in the acute setting. There are no standardised surgical approaches and many different techniques have been described in case reports in the literature. We conducted a literature review of and found a total of 113 cases with addition of our case 114 unique cases were included for analysis. Inguinal incision was most cited (n=89). Concomitant laparotomy was needed in 13 patients, however, the association between type of incision and additional laparotomy was not significant (p>0.05). Laparoscopic surgery alone was performed in eight patients. Nine patients had hybrid surgery. The most common hernia repair was through suture technique with non-absorbable material (n=31). Mesh repair was used in 28 cases. More laparoscopic surgeries were done when the disease was diagnosed preoperatively (7/39, p |
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