The Role of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Appendectomy Within a Hernia

We present three cases where an inflamed incarcerated appendix was in a femoral, inguinal, and an umbilical hernia. All three patients underwent an appendectomy laparoscopically. The hernias in two of the patients (femoral and inguinal) were left unrepaired as the primary goal was to relieve the pat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gupta, Anupam K, Vazquez, Oscar A, Burgos, Monica I, Yeguez, Jose
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
General Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7584290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33123443
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10630
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Sumario:We present three cases where an inflamed incarcerated appendix was in a femoral, inguinal, and an umbilical hernia. All three patients underwent an appendectomy laparoscopically. The hernias in two of the patients (femoral and inguinal) were left unrepaired as the primary goal was to relieve the patients' symptoms and achieve source control. The hernia was repaired primarily in the patient with an umbilical hernia intraoperatively. At three months follow-up, none of the patients had a clinically visible hernia.

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