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Published on: October 2, 2017
Late intestinal fistula formation after incisional hernia using intraperitoneal mesh
V Ott1, Y Groebli, R Schneider
1Département de Chirurgie, Hôpital des Cadolles, Avenue des Cadolles 14, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland. vincent.ott@bluewin.ch
Abstract:
Enteric fistulas are a rare but serious complication following the repair of an incisional hernia using a prosthesis. We report the case of a 52-year-old man who developed an enterocolocutaneus fistula after incisional hernia repair with intra-abdominal polyester mesh. This case shows that one may want to avoid placing the parietal prostheses in direct contact with intestinal loops.
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