Mesh migration mimicking sigmoid diverticulitis
Author(s)
Chin, Xinlin
Nicol, Alice
Ng, Jessica Yan-Seen
Year published
2021
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A 59-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a 4-day history of left lower quadrant pain, loose stools, and nausea. Her past medical history was significant for type 2 diabetes mellitus, and obesity. She had a past surgical history significant for laparoscopic appendicectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy and a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. She had undergone an incisional paraumbilical hernia suture repair with novofil in 1995 and a repair via laparotomy for multiple midline incisional hernias in 2003, where a large preperitoneal nylon mesh was secured with 1–0 single ...
View more >A 59-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a 4-day history of left lower quadrant pain, loose stools, and nausea. Her past medical history was significant for type 2 diabetes mellitus, and obesity. She had a past surgical history significant for laparoscopic appendicectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy and a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. She had undergone an incisional paraumbilical hernia suture repair with novofil in 1995 and a repair via laparotomy for multiple midline incisional hernias in 2003, where a large preperitoneal nylon mesh was secured with 1–0 single loop nylon suture. Physical examination revealed a soft abdomen with tenderness in the left lower quadrant.
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View more >A 59-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a 4-day history of left lower quadrant pain, loose stools, and nausea. Her past medical history was significant for type 2 diabetes mellitus, and obesity. She had a past surgical history significant for laparoscopic appendicectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy and a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. She had undergone an incisional paraumbilical hernia suture repair with novofil in 1995 and a repair via laparotomy for multiple midline incisional hernias in 2003, where a large preperitoneal nylon mesh was secured with 1–0 single loop nylon suture. Physical examination revealed a soft abdomen with tenderness in the left lower quadrant.
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Journal Title
ANZ Journal of Surgery
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This publication has been entered as an advanced online version in Griffith Research Online.
Subject
Clinical sciences
Gastroenterology and hepatology
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Surgery
VENTRAL HERNIA
COLON