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Strangulated appendix after transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) inguinal hernia repair.
Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques 2010 Februrary
INTRODUCTION: Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair can be performed totally extraperitoneal or transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP). Both repairs are associated with mesh-related complications. This is the first report of a mesh-strangulated appendix, with subsequent necrosis and perforation, after TAPP inguinal hernia repair.
CASE: A 48-year-old male, 10-years status post-bilateral TAPP inguinal hernia repair presented with acute right groin bulge, pain, nausea, emesis, and fever. He was found to have a large, tender, nonreducible right groin mass. He was taken to the operating room for right groin exploration and found to have gross purulent material but no evidence of a recurrent hernia. A laparoscope was inserted into the abdomen where the appendix was found strangulated between the mesh and the transversalis fascia.
CONCLUSIONS: Mesh-related complications after TAPP inguinal hernia repair are rare. This is the first report of a strangulated appendix secondary to mesh entrapment after TAPP repair.
CASE: A 48-year-old male, 10-years status post-bilateral TAPP inguinal hernia repair presented with acute right groin bulge, pain, nausea, emesis, and fever. He was found to have a large, tender, nonreducible right groin mass. He was taken to the operating room for right groin exploration and found to have gross purulent material but no evidence of a recurrent hernia. A laparoscope was inserted into the abdomen where the appendix was found strangulated between the mesh and the transversalis fascia.
CONCLUSIONS: Mesh-related complications after TAPP inguinal hernia repair are rare. This is the first report of a strangulated appendix secondary to mesh entrapment after TAPP repair.
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