Laparoscopic management of splenic artery aneurysms.

Splenic artery aneurysms are rare clinical entities that carry the risk of rupture and fatal hemorrhage. Due to the availability of advanced imaging techniques, they are now being found more frequently and identified earlier. Historically, the surgical approach to their management has consisted of laparotomy with resection of the aneurysm and a possible splenectomy.

Laparoscopic repair of postoperative perineal hernia.

Symptomatic perineal hernia is a rare complication after abdominoperineal resection. Various approaches to surgical repair have been described, including transabdominal, transperineal, and combined abdominoperineal repairs. In this report, we present a laparoscopic approach for repairing a perineal hernia that developed 10 months after laparoscopy-assisted abdominoperineal resection for a recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal.