Abstract In this video, we present a 48-year-old otherwise healthy man with history of perforated appendicitis status post exploratory laparotomy and appendectomy, complicated by an intraabdominal abscess requiring re-exploration subsequent midline wound dehiscence, incisional ventral hernia, enterocutaneous fistula managed drain. Plastic surgery performed split thickness skin graft his wound, ...

The objective of this study was to improve the results of surgical treatment for patients with perforated gastroduodenal ulcers and peritonitis (PGDU-P) by applying the preperitoneal blockade. Materials and Methods: The study included 102 patients with perforated gastroduodenal ulcers (PGDU) complicated by peritonitis. Patients between 18 and 30 years were predominant. Pain was measured using t...

OBJECTIVES To study the efficacy of epidural versus general anesthesia on length of stay, patient recovery and anesthetic-related complications in patients undergoing endoscopic preperitoneal herniorrhaphy. METHODS One hundred sixty-seven consecutive patients undergoing endoscopic preperitoneal herniorrhaphy from July, 1994, to August, 1995, were retrospectively studied. A total of 243 hernio...

We studied eight normal-weight male subjects to examine whether the lipolytic rate of deep subcutaneous and preperitoneal adipose tissues differs from that of superficial abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue. The lipolytic rates in the superficial anterior and deep posterior subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissues and in the preperitoneal adipose tissue in the round ligament were measured by mi...

Both the open transinguinal preperitoneal repair (TIPP) and laparoscopic total extraperitoneal mesh (TEP) show excellent outcomes. Direct comparative data between these 2 techniques is lacking. The aim of this study was to assess postoperative outcomes quality life (QoL) for techniques. Between 2014 2016, 204 male patients underwent unilateral inguinal hernia through TIPP (n = 135) or TEP 69). ...