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Colonoscopic removal of inguinal hernia mesh: report of a case and literature review.

Celik A, Kutun S, Kockar C, Mengi N, Ulucanlar H, Cetin A

Department of General Surgery, Ankara Oncology Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. doktoralper@hotmail.com

The transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) procedure for laparoscopic inguinal hernia mesh repair is being applied with increasing frequency. This technique has an acceptable recurrence rate (0.4-3.9%), but has varying complication rates (1.3-17.4%).1,2 We report the first case of mesh penetration of the colon following laparoscopic TAPP repair, treated with colonoscopy.

Published 19 August 2005 in J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A, 15(4): 408-10.
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