Mesh erosion after inguinal hernia repair: a rare cause of acute lower GI bleeding (with video)

Gastrointest Endosc. 2011 May;73(5):1062-4. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2010.08.057. Epub 2010 Nov 10.

Authors

Kevin A Karls¹, Keith D Lillemoe, John M DeWitt

Affiliation

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.

PMID: 21067743
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2010.08.057

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aged
Colonoscopy / methods
Device Removal / methods
Diagnosis, Differential
Follow-Up Studies
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / surgery
Hernia, Inguinal / surgery*
Humans
Male
Prosthesis Failure / adverse effects*
Sigmoid Diseases / complications*
Sigmoid Diseases / diagnosis
Sigmoid Diseases / surgery
Surgical Mesh*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ulcer / complications*
Ulcer / diagnosis
Ulcer / surgery