Childhood inguinal herniorrhaphy is one common cause of seminal tract obstruction. Vasovasostomy (VV) can reconstruct seminal deferens and result in appearance of sperm and natural pregnancy in some patients. Secondary epididymal obstruction caused by a relatively long-term vasal obstruction is a common cause of lower patency compared with VV due to vasectomy in adults. From July 2007 to June 2...

Background: Inguinal hernia repair is among the most frequent elective or emergency opera-tions performed in general surgical practice. Lichtenstein considered gold standard for managing such cases. Postoperative complications especially post-surgical chronic groin pain stands still as a very disabling complication. In this study, we investigated postoperative on 2 different types of meshes.Mat...

A body wall hernia entrapping abomasum and concurrent duodenal fistula in a buffalo calf aged about 8 months, secondary to a dog bite was successfully treated by closure of fistulous orifice and ventro lateral herniorrhaphy.

Medication errorsare still one of the contributing factors leading to morbidity and mortality in anesthesia, despite measures ensure patient safety. A 14-year-old male inadvertently received intrathecal tranexamic acid instead hyperbaric bupivacaine for an elective herniorrhaphy. Shortly after induction, complained severe back lower limb pain, restlessness, tachycardia, hypertension, generalize...

A 67-year-old male renal transplant patient presented with a right inguinal bulging mass, and was diagnosed with a right indirect inguinal hernia. The day following inguinal herniorrhaphy, serum creatinine became elevated. The patient was oliguric and had abdominal pain on the first day after inguinal herniorrhaphy with a mesh. We diagnosed him with acute renal failure and subsequently performe...

Rectal diverticulum is a rare condition in dogs characterized by formation of a pouch or sac due to hernial protrusion of the mucous membranes through a defect in the muscular coat of the rectum. A 12-year-old male terrier dog was admitted with a history of a left perineal swelling, dyschezia and tenesmus during the last five months. Digital rectal examination identified a weakness in the left ...

A West African dwarf goat was presented to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Nigeria with primary complaint swollen abdomen and straining. Upon examination, observed be enlarged a fetus can felt on abdominal ballottement. Presence hernia ring confirmed caudal ventral area before umblicus. Caesarean section consequent herniorrhaphy adopted correct thehernia. Three kid goats were de...

OBJECTIVE Our goal was to determine the efficacy of spinal cord stimulation for patients with intractable post-herniorrhaphy pain which conventional treatment failed to ameliorate. PROCEDURE The patients underwent an uneventful spinal cord stimulator (SCS) trial with percutaneous placement of two eight-electrode epidural leads (Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, MN, USA) to level T7-T8-T9. RESULTS...

AIM This research was carried out to compare magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) with isotonic saline in terms of pain control after herniorrhaphy. PATIENTS & METHODS A randomized double-blind study, in which the patients were blind to all. A total of 100 patients who were candidates of herniorrhaphy were randomized into two groups: experimental and control (50 patients in each). Anesthesia was induced...

background :this study was performed to evaluate the effect of stoppa hernia repair on sexual function of the patients with bilateral inguinal hernia.   methods: in a prospective follow-up study, 50 patients with bilateral inguinal hernia were investigated to assess sexual function before and 1 and 6 months after standardized stoppahernioplasty using the international index of erectile function...