Laparoscopic Management of Para-Caecal Hernia With Small Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report

Para-caecal hernias are a rare type of internal hernias. They can cause bowel obstruction, leading to strangulation of the bowel. As such, urgent diagnosis and appropriate management are important. Both laparoscopic and open approaches are options in terms of surgical treatment. We report a case of...

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Autores principales: Ulhaq, Ehsan, Loufopoulos, Ioannis, Halahakoon, Vijitha Chandima
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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General Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37644951
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42642
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author Ulhaq, Ehsan
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description Para-caecal hernias are a rare type of internal hernias. They can cause bowel obstruction, leading to strangulation of the bowel. As such, urgent diagnosis and appropriate management are important. Both laparoscopic and open approaches are options in terms of surgical treatment. We report a case of a para-caecal hernia causing small bowel obstruction and highlight the laparoscopic approach as a feasible and effective way of management.
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spelling pubmed-104614102023-08-29 Laparoscopic Management of Para-Caecal Hernia With Small Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report Ulhaq, Ehsan Loufopoulos, Ioannis Halahakoon, Vijitha Chandima Cureus General Surgery Para-caecal hernias are a rare type of internal hernias. They can cause bowel obstruction, leading to strangulation of the bowel. As such, urgent diagnosis and appropriate management are important. Both laparoscopic and open approaches are options in terms of surgical treatment. We report a case of a para-caecal hernia causing small bowel obstruction and highlight the laparoscopic approach as a feasible and effective way of management. Cureus 2023-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10461410/ /pubmed/37644951 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42642 Text en Copyright © 2023, Ulhaq et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Laparoscopic Management of Para-Caecal Hernia With Small Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report
title Laparoscopic Management of Para-Caecal Hernia With Small Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report
title_full Laparoscopic Management of Para-Caecal Hernia With Small Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report
title_fullStr Laparoscopic Management of Para-Caecal Hernia With Small Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Laparoscopic Management of Para-Caecal Hernia With Small Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report
title_short Laparoscopic Management of Para-Caecal Hernia With Small Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report
title_sort laparoscopic management of para-caecal hernia with small bowel obstruction: a case report
topic General Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37644951
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42642
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