Intra-abdominal adhesions are common after abdominal surgery. They occur more frequently after conventional laparotomy, but they can also occur after laparoscopy and can cause mechanical small bowel obstruction. The reported incidence of adhesive small bowel obstruction in childr...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2018/41415
Femoral hernias are more common in female patients and are prone to incarceration. Incarceration of the colonic appendix epiploicae within the femoral hernia sac is a rare finding and is usually diagnosed during emergency surgery. This paper presents a case of an older female pat...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2018/40605
De Garengeot hernia is a femoral hernia with an appendix vermiformis within the hernia sac. It is named after a French surgeon Rene Jacques Croissant de Garengeot, who first described the appendix in the femoral hernia sac in the 18th century. De Garengeot hernia is a relatively...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/39735
This paper presented a case of a young male patient with end-stage renal failure, treated with chronic peritoneal dialysis, who was referred to our department due to peritoneal dialysis catheter malfunction, which was laparoscopically inserted three month earlier also in our inst...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/37981
Neuroendocrine tumors of the small bowel are rare neoplasms and are most commonly found in duodenum and terminal ileum. They can present with symptoms of carcinoid syndrome, intestinal obstruction, bleeding or abdominal pain. The diagnosis is often not straight-forward because t...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/37009
Inguinal hernia containing metastases of intestinal adenocarcinoma is a rare finding. Metastases of sigmoid colon adenocarcinoma are most commonly found inside the hernia sac. Older males are more often affected. A 84-years old male patient presented with pain in the right groin...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/34210
Cavernous lymphangioma (cystic hygroma) is a rare form of mesenteric cystic tumor, which can be located anywhere along the intestinal mesenterium or elsewhere in the body. Mesenteric cystic tumors are rare malformations. They are more common in pediatric population with estimate...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/32956