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Late intestinal fistula formation after incisional hernia using intraperitoneal mesh.

Ott V, Groebli Y, Schneider R

Département de Chirurgie, Hôpital des Cadolles, Avenue des Cadolles 14, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland. vincent.ott@bluewin.ch

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.

Published 11 March 2005 in Hernia, 9(1): 103-4.
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