Recurrent perineal hernia -- case report and review of the literature

Chirurgia (Bucur). 2015 Jan-Feb;110(1):81-3.

Abstract

Perineal hernia is the protrusion of intra-abdominal viscera through the pelvic floor. We present a patient with recurrent perineal hernia - 12x9 cm with a palpable soft, hardly adjustable in the pelvic tunnel formation and attenuated skin over it. The patient was operated by abdominoperineal approach. We performed two layer Titanium mesh plasty of the pelvic floor with the use of the omentum and the pelvic muscles.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Hernia, Abdominal / diagnosis
  • Hernia, Abdominal / etiology
  • Hernia, Abdominal / surgery*
  • Herniorrhaphy* / adverse effects
  • Herniorrhaphy* / methods
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pelvic Floor / surgery
  • Perineum / surgery*
  • Rectal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Recurrence
  • Reoperation
  • Surgical Mesh*
  • Titanium
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Titanium