Inguinal Hernia After Appendectomy
The incision introduced by mcburney 1 in 1894 is the time honored approach.
Inguinal hernia after appendectomy. Appendectomy is a common surgery and incisional hernia following appendectomy is uncommon occurring in less than 0 12 of patients post appendectomy interstitial incisional hernia is extremely rare in 1911 hoguet first called attention to the occurrence of right inguinal hernia following appendectomy with drained wounds. In the 509 patients with inguinal hernia in whom no incision for appendectomy was present there were 202 on the right side 39 7 per cent 154 on the left side 30 2 per cent and 153 bilateral 30 1 per cent. Development of right inguinal hernia after appendectomy einar arnbjörnsson md lund sweden although appendectomy is one of the most common operative procedures there have been few reports on the choice of incision in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen. Amyand s hernia ah is a unique condition due to protrusion of a vermiform appendix in the sac of the inguinal hernia 1 2 it was discovered and firstly described by claudius amyand in 1735 when he managed a boy aged 11 years old presented with an inguinal hernia containing inflamed appendix with fistula between thigh and scrotum 3 4 the prevalence of amyand s hernia is less than 1.
It will not cause harm to the repair. It will not cause harm to the repair.