INTERNAL HERNIA; EXTENSIVE RESECTION OF GANGRENOUS ILEUM; RECOVERY.

Case of Strangulated Inguinal Hernia: Perforation of the Bowel: Resection of 7 Inches of Gangrenous Gut : Recovery

An unexpected gangrenous duplication of ileum.

Alimentary tract duplication is a rare congenital anomaly which may involve any part of the alimentary tract extending from stomach to rectum. Clinical presentation may mimic an inflamed appendix as described in this case. A 9-year-old boy with a clinical diagnosis of perforated appendix was noted to have a normal appendix intra-operatively. On further search for an underlying pathology, a gang...

On the Treatment of Gangrenous Bowel in Strangulated Hernia

Hyperoxaluria after resection of ileum in childhood.

Valman, H. B., Oberholzer, V. G., and Palmer, T. (1974). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 49, 171. Hyperoxaluria after resection of ileum in childhood. Hyperoxaluria was found in 4 of 10 children who had had resection of the ileum. There was no relation between hyperoxaluria and the length of the resection or period since the resection. Previous studies have shown reduced ratios of taurine-con...

Postpartum internal hernia.

A 32-year-old woman (gravida 2, para 2) presented with severe, midepigastric abdominal pain that began 3 hours after delivery. Her surgical history was significant for laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) 4 years earlier. An axial computed tomographic (CT) image of the abdomen depicted twisting of central mesentery and origin of the “swirl” (image A, arrow). A coronal CT image of the a...