Giant Inguinal Hernia
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Giant inguinal hernia. In the literature different surgical techniques have been reported so far to achieve a successful treatment. A 72 year old man presented with urinary retention weight loss haematuria and severe acute kidney injury. The challenging hug technique hernia. On examination he appeared uraemic and had a right sided painful hernia.
Akpo published the first classification for bilateral giant inguinoscrotal hernias. Epub 2014 dec 13. The hernias were diagnosed as indirect hernias thus all of the herniated viscera passed through the inguinal canal which is unusual for his age group. The prevalence of giant inguinoscrotal hernias in developed countries is very low 2 81 5 of all inguinal hernias.
Progressive reduction of the viscera without opening. Indirect hernias are. Giant inguinal hernias are uncommon in modern surgical practice but can present a challenging problem to the treating surgeon as they can lead to potentially fatal complications. 3 5 adequate pre operative planning as well as intra operative and postoperative monitoring is essential.
Giant inguinal hernia gih is defined as hernia extending below the midpoint of the inner thigh in the standing position. That in the giant inguinal scrotal hernia the anatomy and the anatomical structures of the internal ring are subverted as the fibers of the internal oblique muscle are pushed upwards and the anatomical separation between anterior and posterior inguinal region does not exist anymore. The condition is rare more. An inguinoscrotal hernia is defined as giant if descending below the midpoint of the inner thigh of a patient in upright position.
Forced reduction is feasible in cases with mild form of this disease type i fig. The hernia was then repaired with biologic mesh in a tension free manner. We present the case of a 63 year old man suffering from a giant inguinoscrotal hernia whom we treated. Giant inguinal hernia is a type of hernia with massive contents inside the hernia sac and limited domain of abdominal cavity.
The surgeon s decision regarding the prevention of intraabdominal hypertension is a crucial stage of overall management. Giant inguinal scrotal hernias are defined as hernias that extend below the midpoint of inner thigh while standing although the prevalence of giant hernias is extremely low patients with giant hernias have a decreased quality of life skin problems such as ulceration and dermatitis dysuria and sexual intercourse failure the management of giant inguinal hernias poses a. A three way catheter was inserted bladder washouts performed and irrigation started. He had never before been admitted to hospital and his past medical history included only an inguinal hernia.
Authors m cavalli 1 2 a biondi 3 p g bruni 2 g campanelli 4 5 affiliations 1 basic and applied biomedical sciences university of. In developed countries this is a rare entity.