The presence of a Meckel's diverticulum in the hernial sac is called Littre's hernia. It rare complication diverticulum. We present 56-year-old male patient who complained swelling umbilical region. After clinical examination and imaging studies, we diagnosed with partially reducible underwent exploration was found to have omentum, diverticulum, part ileum within sac. segmental resection bowel,...

Abdominal cocoon (AC) is a rare condition, that leading to acute or chronic small bowel obstruction, characterized by a total or partial encapsulation of the small bowel by a fibrous membrane or sac‑like cocoon, sometimes colon, uterus or accessories are encased in. The disease is characterized as either primary or secondary to other causes. The main reported clinical manifestations of AC are a...

Umbilical hernia is a common benign condition which resolves spontaneously during the first five years of life. However, in certain cases there are some characteristics which may be indicative of a different prognostic approach, as they increase the possibility of complications. The two cases of umbilical hernia that we describe here were treated operatively and revealed the presence of strangu...

A 1-day-old male baby, weighing 2kg, presented with bilious vomiting and a mass at umbilicus covered by abnormally thickened base of umbilicus (hernia of umbilical cord). The mother was not on any antenatal follow-up. The delivery was spontaneous vaginal at home. On examination abdomen was scaphoid. Abdominal radiograph showed three air fluid levels indicative of associated small bowel atresia....

The patient is a 54-year-old woman with a history of obesity (BMI=50.40). In 2012, she underwent surgery for incarcerated umbilical hernia, which did not require intestinal resection. She currently presented a midline laparotomy incisional hernia, which had caused several hospitalizations due to intestinal obstruction that had resolved with conservative measures. Abdominal CT revealed a giant i...

BACKGROUND This study evaluates the feasibility of laparoscopic transfascial suture repair of umbilical hernias when combined with another laparoscopic procedure that potentially contaminates the peritoneal cavity. METHOD From August 1997 to November 2001, 32 patients underwent laparoscopic umbilical suture repair in association with another laparoscopic procedure. The repair was performed wi...