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Published on: March 5, 2018
A rare cause of mechanical bowel obstruction: mesh migration
I Yilmaz1, D O Karakaş, I Sucullu
1Department of General Surgery, Military Hospital, 30000, Hakkari, Turkey. dribrahimyilmaz@yahoo.com
Abstract:
The use of mesh has become the gold standard in hernia operations recently due to advantages such as lower recurrence rates, lower post-surgical pain and earlier return to work. Plug mesh application, first described by Robins and Rutkow [Robbins AW, Rutkow IM (1993) The mesh-plug hernioplasty. Surg Clin North Am 73:501-512], is a popular method of hernia repair. Although rare, there may be complications of surgery using plug mesh. This report presents a case of mechanic bowel obstruction due to mesh migration, 3 years after a left inguinal hernia repair with plug mesh method.
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