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Laparoscopic Repair of Para-Esophageal Hernia Using Absorbable Biosynthetic Mesh
Published on: September 11, 2021
Near-fatal small bowel ischaemia secondary to sacrocolpopexy mesh
Paul Vulliamy1, Alison May Berner, Muhammad Suleman Farooq
1Queen's Hospital, Romford, UK. paul.vulliamy@gmail.com
Abstract:
A 74-year-old woman presenting with acute abdominal pain underwent surgery for suspected small bowel ischaemia. At laparotomy, a sacrocolpopexy mesh in the pelvis, which had been inserted 8 years previously, was found to be causing strangulation of a 2-m length of the small bowel. Following resection and primary anastomosis, the patient spent several days in intensive care before her eventual discharge. This unusual life-threatening complication should be considered in patients presenting with abdominal pain even many years following abdominal sacrocolpopexy.
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