INTRODUCTION Cryptorchidism is common in children but is rare in the elderly. It often presents with a constellation of signs and symptoms similar to routine inguinal hernias. We present the case of an elderly man with cryptorchidism containing a Leydig cell tumor and provide clinical insights. PRESENTATION OF CASE An-84-year old man was admitted with an incarcerated right lower quadrant hern...

Introduction n 1890, Eduardo Bassini described suture repair for inguinal hernia. This was a massive leap forward and has been the basis of open repair for over 100 years. The surgeon enters the inguinal canal by opening its anterior wall, the external oblique aponeurosis. The spermatic cord is dissected free and the presence of a lateral or a medial hernia is confirmed. The sac of a lateral he...

by the house surgeon, of cases op STRANGULATED HERNIA. Under the care of J. Fayker, M.D., C.S.I. 1. Ram Cliand Shaha, a Hindoo male, aged 56 years, a shopkeeper, admitted 29th July, 1864, with strangulated hernia of the right side; disease of 6 years' duration, strangulation of 24 hours' prior to admission ; admitted at 8 a.m., with restlessness, feeble pulse, and constant sickness; operation a...

We report an incarcerated internal hernia in a huge irreducible parastomal hernia-"hernia within hernia." A 70-year-old obese woman with diabetes who underwent an abdomino-perineal resection 20 years ago was admitted to our hospital with 20 years history of a huge irreducible bulge, 25 cm in diameter. An internal hernia due to an adhesive band extending from the sac wall to proximal colon was f...

A 60-year-old Japanese man was referred for examination of abdominal pain. Abdominal MRI exactly demonstrated paraduodenal hernia. Propylthiouracil was administered until the patient became euthyroid, because Graves' disease was detected during the subsequent general examinations. Laparoscopic repair was then carried out. The sac collar, which had a diameter of about 30 mm, was located lateral ...

An interstitial hernia is one in which the hernia sac is located between the layers of the abdominal wall. The analysis of contemporary literature shows that interstitial hernias are most often seen in children as a type of inguinal hernia and often accompany undescended testis. The hernia sac is usually located between the external-oblique and internal-oblique muscles in a lateral-cephalic dir...

BACKGROUND It is still a matter of debate whether to ligate the indirect hernial sac during herniotomy or leave it open. We designed this study to find out the complications associated with leaving the sac open. METHODS This observational study was carried out at Surgical Unit C, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad from January 2007 to December 2012. The hernial sacs of some children, aged 5 mon...

AIM The presence of the appendix within a femoral hernia sac is a rare condition known as De Garengeot hernia. We report a case of De Garengeot hernia with concomitant appendicitis and a brief review of the literature on the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of this uncommon condition. CASE REPORT A 33 year-old woman was admitted to our Surgical Unit with acute-onset pain and swelling in ...

An inguinal hernia is a common medical condition in daily practice. Indeed, the lifetimeprevalence of inguinal hernias is 47% in patients > 75 years of age, but it is rare to have metastatic cancer of an inguinal hernia sac. Most cases of intraperitoneal malignant inguinal hernias arise from the gastrointestinal tract. Extraperitoneal inguinal metastases most commonly occur in males with testic...

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...