BACKGROUND High BMI is often used as a proxy for obesity and has been considered a risk factor for the development of an incisional hernia after abdominal surgery. However, BMI does not accurately reflect fat distribution. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this work was to investigate the relationship among different obesity measurements and the risk of incisional hernia. DESIGN This was a retrospec...

a one-month-old male terrier dog was referred in shock status with a history of anorexia, tachypnea, abdominal distention and progressive weight loss. auscultation of right side of the lungs found enhanced respiratory noises. the thorough auscultation of the opposite side of the chest revealed the presence of typical intestinal sounds. cardiac auscultation revealed muffled heart sounds and a di...

background: benign joint hypermobility syndrome (bjhs) is a disorder due to laxity of supporting connective tissue of joints. inguinal hernia is also proposed due to weak supporting tissue that may be a clinical presentation of a more widespread problem of connective tissue. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, prevalence of benign hypermobility joint syndrome (bhjs) was assessed ...

conclusions magnesium infiltration did not decrease total dose and number of episodes needed for morphine rescue analgesic. bupivacaine infiltration into surgical site was more effective than magnesium sulfate infiltration in postoperative pain control. objectives to compare postoperative analgesic effect of infiltration of magnesium versus bupivacaine into incision of inguinal hernia repair. p...

Background: Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures in infants and young children. Laparoscopic hernia repair in infancy and childhood is still debatable. There are many techniques available for laparoscopic hernia repair in pediatrics. Purpose: to compare laparoscopic intracorporeal purse-string suture ligation of the hernia defect leaving the sac int...

The appendix is found in the hernial sac in around 1% of inguinal hernias and an inflamed appendix is found in only 0.13% of cases. A variant of this, an appendix inside a femoral hernia, is called a Garengeot hernia 4. In 1937, Ryan described 11 cases of acute appendicitis (within an inguinal hernia) among 8,692 cases of appendicitis 12. Another author 1 reported 10 cases of appendicitis withi...

INTRODUCTION Groin hernia repair is a commonly performed surgical procedure in the western world but large-scaled epidemiologic data are sparse. Large-scale data on the occurrence of groin hernia repair may provide further understanding to the pathophysiology of groin hernia development. This study was undertaken to investigate the age and gender dependent prevalence of groin hernia repair. M...

turner syndrome is a sex-chromosome disorder occurring in one out of 2500 female births and characterized by growth retardation, gonadal dysgenesis and cardiovascular anomalies. the 45, xo karyotype is the most frequent type of this disease. herein, we report on a 6-year-old girl with turner syndrome and 45, xo karyotype presenting with short stature. she had dextrocardia and hiatal hernia. to ...

We present a rare case of Amyand's hernia that was surgically managed using an open repair of hernia combined with laparoscopic appendicectomy. A 68-year-old man presented with an irreducible recurrent right-sided inguinal hernia and abdominal pain. This gentleman had undergone three previous inguinal hernia repairs on the right, and one on the left using the open mesh technique. Ultrasound sug...

Inguinal Hernia is undoubtedly a very common case dealt by every surgeon all over the world. Amyand's hernia is an extremely rare variety of hernia in which the inguinal hernia sac contains the appendix. This unusual situation is estimated to occur in approximately 0.6 to one percent of adult inguinal hernia cases. Te pre-surgical diagnosis of Amyand's hernia is exceedingly difficult. This arti...