Laparoscopic repair of postoperative perineal hernia

Symptomatic perineal hernia is a rare complication after abdominoperineal resection. Various approaches to surgical repair have been described, including transabdominal, transperineal, and combined abdominoperineal repairs. In this report, we present a laparoscopic approach for repairing a perineal...

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Published inSurgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques Vol. 12; no. 2; p. 119
Main Authors Ghellai, Ali M, Islam, Saleem, Stoker, Mark E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.04.2002
Subjects
Abdominal Muscles - surgery
Aged
Female
Hernia - etiology
Herniorrhaphy
Humans
Laparoscopy
Perineum - surgery
Postoperative Complications
Recurrence
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Summary:Symptomatic perineal hernia is a rare complication after abdominoperineal resection. Various approaches to surgical repair have been described, including transabdominal, transperineal, and combined abdominoperineal repairs. In this report, we present a laparoscopic approach for repairing a perineal hernia that developed 10 months after laparoscopy-assisted abdominoperineal resection for a recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a laparoscopic repair of perineal hernia.
ISSN:1530-4515
DOI:10.1097/00129689-200204000-00010