Port-site hernia: A potentially severe complication of minimally invasive surgery

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Jun 30;11(7):e7391. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7391. eCollection 2023 Jul.

Abstract

Key clinical message: Recently, the number of minimally invasive surgeries (MIS) is increasing; however, a specific postoperative complication of MIS such as port-site hernia needs to be recognized. A persistent postoperative ileus after MIS is rare and such symptoms need to be recognized as a probable sign of a port-site hernia.

Abstract: Recently, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) approaches for early endometrial cancer have shown non-inferior oncologic outcomes with better perioperative morbidity than open approaches. Nevertheless, port-site hernias are a rare but specific surgical complication of MIS. Knowing the clinical presentation, surgery for port-site hernias could help clinicians manage this condition.

Keywords: endometrial cancer; ileus; minimally invasive surgery; port‐site hernia.

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