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Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques
Colonoscopic Removal of Inguinal Hernia Mesh: Report of a Case and Literature Review
To cite this article:
Alper Celİk, Suat Kutun, Cem Kockar, Nurdan Mengİ, Haluk Ulucanlar, Abdullah Cetİn.
Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques.
August 2005,
15(4): 408-410.
doi:10.1089/lap.2005.15.408.
Alper Celİk, MDDepartment of General Surgery, Ankara Oncology Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Suat Kutun, MDDepartment of General Surgery, Ankara Oncology Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Cem Kockar, MDDepartment of Gastroenterology, Ankara Oncology Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Nurdan Mengİ, MDDepartment of Gastroenterology, Ankara Oncology Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Haluk Ulucanlar, MDDepartment of General Surgery, Ankara Oncology Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Abdullah Cetİn, MDDepartment of General Surgery, Ankara Oncology Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. The transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) procedure for laparoscopic inguinal hernia mesh repair is being applied with increasing frequency. This technique has an acceptable recurrence rate (0.4–3.9 %), but has varying complication rates (1.3–17.4 %).1,2 We report the first case of mesh penetration of the colon following laparoscopic TAPP repair, treated with colonoscopy.  This paper was cited by:Colovesical fistula following an open preperitoneal “Kugel” mesh repair of an inguinal hernia S. G. Barreto, D. Schoemaker, M. Siddins, D. Wattchow Hernia. May 2009 CrossRef Marlex mesh mimicking an adnexal malignancy M. A. Rettenmaier, S. Heinemann, H. Truong, J. P. Micha, J. V. Brown, B. H. Goldstein Hernia. Oct 2008 CrossRef Mesh migration following obturator hernia repair presenting as a bezoar inducing small intestinal obstruction D. Borchert, B. Kumar, R. Dennis, J. Alberts Hernia. Mar 2008, Vol. 12, No. 1: 83-85 CrossRef Mesh Erosion into Caecum Following Laparoscopic Repair of Inguinal Hernia (TAPP): A Case Report and Literature Review Rup Goswami, Mohammed Babor, Akinyede Ojo Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. Oct 2007, Vol. 17, No. 5: 669-672 Abstract | Full Text PDF | Reprints & Permissions |
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