Rectal obstruction after a vaginal posterior compartment polypropylene mesh fixed to the sacrospinous ligaments

We present a case in which a polypropylene mesh was placed over the posterior vaginal wall and was fixed to the sacrospinous ligaments on both sides. Postoperative a rectal obstruction developed which was only resolved after splitting the entire mesh in the midline. It is hypothesised that the obstr...

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Autores principales: Vierhout, Mark E., Withagen, Mariella I. J., Fütterer, Jurgen J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21360217
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00192-011-1376-5
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description We present a case in which a polypropylene mesh was placed over the posterior vaginal wall and was fixed to the sacrospinous ligaments on both sides. Postoperative a rectal obstruction developed which was only resolved after splitting the entire mesh in the midline. It is hypothesised that the obstruction was due to the fixation of the mesh with irresolvable suture material to the sacrospinous ligaments acting as a hinge on which the bowel folded.
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spelling pubmed-31322792011-08-24 Rectal obstruction after a vaginal posterior compartment polypropylene mesh fixed to the sacrospinous ligaments Vierhout, Mark E. Withagen, Mariella I. J. Fütterer, Jurgen J. Int Urogynecol J Case Report We present a case in which a polypropylene mesh was placed over the posterior vaginal wall and was fixed to the sacrospinous ligaments on both sides. Postoperative a rectal obstruction developed which was only resolved after splitting the entire mesh in the midline. It is hypothesised that the obstruction was due to the fixation of the mesh with irresolvable suture material to the sacrospinous ligaments acting as a hinge on which the bowel folded. Springer-Verlag 2011-03-01 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3132279/ /pubmed/21360217 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00192-011-1376-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2011 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Rectal obstruction after a vaginal posterior compartment polypropylene mesh fixed to the sacrospinous ligaments
title Rectal obstruction after a vaginal posterior compartment polypropylene mesh fixed to the sacrospinous ligaments
title_full Rectal obstruction after a vaginal posterior compartment polypropylene mesh fixed to the sacrospinous ligaments
title_fullStr Rectal obstruction after a vaginal posterior compartment polypropylene mesh fixed to the sacrospinous ligaments
title_full_unstemmed Rectal obstruction after a vaginal posterior compartment polypropylene mesh fixed to the sacrospinous ligaments
title_short Rectal obstruction after a vaginal posterior compartment polypropylene mesh fixed to the sacrospinous ligaments
title_sort rectal obstruction after a vaginal posterior compartment polypropylene mesh fixed to the sacrospinous ligaments
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132279/
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