Vitello-intestinal duct injury after transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair
Amina Albeyatti1, Abdulzahra Hussain, Shamsi El-Hasani
1Princess Royal University Hospital, 41 Longton Avenue, London SE26 6RE. amina.albeyatti@doctors.org.uk
Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques
|February 7, 2013
Abstract:
A 71-year-old patient underwent a transabdominal preperitoneal right inguinal hernia repair and presented to the emergency department 48 hours postoperatively with nonspecific abdominal and chest pain and was diagnosed an abdominal abscess at the umbilicus by computed tomography. Laparotomy showed a vitello-intestinal duct injury caused by the umbilical trocar at his previous laparoscopic surgery. We will discuss this rare complication and how to avoid it in future practice.