Introducción. El enterocele es causado por un defecto herniario del piso pélvico, siendo el más común la hernia interrecto-vaginal. Se produce debilitamiento diversos factores, entre ellos, las cirugías en región pélvica, estreñimiento crónico o patologías que aumentan presión intraabdominal, antecedente de prolapso rectal vaginal, y también, factores congénitos.
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A 72-year-old female presented with a six-month history of increased frequency of defecation, rectal bleeding, and severe rectal pain. Digital rectal examination and endoscopy revealed a low rectal lesion lying anteriorly. This was confirmed histologically as adenocarcinoma. Radiological staging was consistent with a T(3)N(2) rectal tumour. Following long-course chemoradiotherapy repeat staging...

ABSTRACT This review is intended to raise awareness of placing a pelvic mesh to prevent perineal hernias in cases of minimally invasive (MIS) abdominoperineal resections (APR) and, in doing so, causing internal hernias through the mesh. In this article, we review the published literature and present an illustrative series of 4 consecutive cases of early internal hernia through a pelvic mesh def...

BACKGROUND Pelvic floor hernias pose a diagnostic and a treatment challange. Neurofibromatosis is a rare systemic disease, and urinary tract involvement is rare. CASE PRESENTATION Here we report a case of a 54-year-old female with multiple neurofibromatosis who presented with features of obstructed defecation and was found to have a large perineal hernia. At surgery, we found an unusual herni...

This study reports a rare unilateral perineal hernia in three mature female Jaffarabadi buffaloes. The buffaloes presented with swelling lateral to the vulvar lip. Upon palpation, was painless, soft and reducible. Ultrasonography revealed hyperechoic sac containing urinary bladder or motile intestine, homogenous hypoechoic contents. repaired using polypropylene mesh after repositioning of retro...

The male urogenital system represents a morphologically complex region that arises from a common embryological origin. However, it is typically studied separately as the excretory system is dissected with the posterior wall of the abdomen while the reproductive features are exposed with the pelvis and perineum dissection. Additionally, the reproductive structures are typically dissected followi...