Inguinal Hernia Bladder Problems
The presence of inguinal hernia may be associated with extrinsic defects upon the bladder and ureter in the absence of actual herniation of the urinary structures.
Inguinal hernia bladder problems. The findings are characteristic unless associated with irregularity of the bladder wall or elevation of the bladder floor by prostatic enlargement. Patients may develop urinary problems after inguinal hernia surgery as a result of overstimulation of muscle in the bladder neck and prostate causing an obstruction there are some drugs that can block stimulation of these muscles. It doesn t improve on its own however and can lead to life threatening. Why do patients get urinary retention after hernia surgery.
In this way a sliding inguinal hernia of the urinary bladder involves the urinary bladder herniating with the inguinal hernia sac itself. This means you can go home the same day as the surgery. A catheter is a tube that drains urine from the bladder. I had inguinal hernia surgery in october 2015 while at the same time being in the middle of experiencing a series of utis which shortly after the hernia surgery resulted in prostatitis diagnosis long term antibiotic therapy then a turp procedure which uncovered strictures and eventually the strictures became so bad i couldn t pee then four weeks.
We report a case of a young male who. Inguinal hernia repair is often an outpatient procedure. An inguinal hernia isn t necessarily dangerous. This may make it difficult to urinate.
Signs that the bladder is trapped include urination frequency changes a burning sensation and a feeling of hesitancy when urinating. 1 since that time despite several reports and advances in abdominal imaging ibh remains a constant trap for the surgeon before the diagnosis during herniorrhaphy and even in the postoperative period. The findings are characteristic unless associated with irregularity of the bladder wall or elevation of the bladder floor by prostatic enlargement. The posterior approach to inguinal hernia ih repair especially the laparoscopic approach has its own set of complications one of them being mesh erosion into viscera.
Actually the bladder is involved in 1 to 4 of inguinal hernias in the. Described first by levine in 1951 as scrotal cystocele inguinal bladder hernia ibh is a rare clinical condition. An inguinal hernia occurs when tissue such as part of the intestine protrudes through a weak spot in the abdominal muscles. The resulting bulge can be painful especially when you cough bend over or lift a heavy object.
A sliding hernia is a type of hernia in which the contents one portion of a body cavity extends with the hernia sac into another body cavity. Excess stress is a. Most of these cases are insignificant and diagnosed intra operatively. You went the opposite direction as me.
In both men and women the bladder can become trapped within a hernia.