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Ureteral inguinal hernia: an uncommon trap for general surgeons

Inguinal hernias involving the ureter, a retroperitoneal structure, is an uncommon phenomenon. It can occur with or without obstructive uropathy, the latter posing a trap for the unassuming general surgeon performing a routine inguinal hernia repair. Ureteral inguinal hernia should be included as a...

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Autores principales: Yahya, Zarif, Al-habbal, Yahya, Hassen, Sayed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5353493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28275027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-219288
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description Inguinal hernias involving the ureter, a retroperitoneal structure, is an uncommon phenomenon. It can occur with or without obstructive uropathy, the latter posing a trap for the unassuming general surgeon performing a routine inguinal hernia repair. Ureteral inguinal hernia should be included as a differential when a clinical inguinal hernia is diagnosed concurrently with unexplained hydronephrosis, renal failure or urinary tract infection particularly in a male. The present case describes a patient with a known ureteroinguinal hernia who proceeded to having a planned hernia repair and ureteric protection. The case is a reminder that when faced with an unexpected finding such an indirect sliding inguinal hernia, extreme care should be taken to ensure that no structures are inadvertently damaged and that a rare possibility is the entrapment of the ureter in the inguinal canal.
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spelling pubmed-53534932017-03-21 Ureteral inguinal hernia: an uncommon trap for general surgeons Yahya, Zarif Al-habbal, Yahya Hassen, Sayed BMJ Case Rep Article Inguinal hernias involving the ureter, a retroperitoneal structure, is an uncommon phenomenon. It can occur with or without obstructive uropathy, the latter posing a trap for the unassuming general surgeon performing a routine inguinal hernia repair. Ureteral inguinal hernia should be included as a differential when a clinical inguinal hernia is diagnosed concurrently with unexplained hydronephrosis, renal failure or urinary tract infection particularly in a male. The present case describes a patient with a known ureteroinguinal hernia who proceeded to having a planned hernia repair and ureteric protection. The case is a reminder that when faced with an unexpected finding such an indirect sliding inguinal hernia, extreme care should be taken to ensure that no structures are inadvertently damaged and that a rare possibility is the entrapment of the ureter in the inguinal canal. BMJ Publishing Group 2017-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5353493/ /pubmed/28275027 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-219288 Text en 2017 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5353493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28275027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-219288
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