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Int J Surg Case Rep
May 2021
Department of Surgery, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
Introduction: There are limited reports regarding renal paratransplant hernia (RPH), which is a rare type of internal hernia. Herein, we report a case of successful laparoscopic treatment of RPH.
Presentation Of Case: A kidney transplant recipient presented to our emergency department with a 6-h history of abdominal pain and vomiting.
Transplant Proc
May 2017
Service de Chirurgie Viscérale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
A rare type of acquired internal hernia, the renal paratransplant hernia (RPTH), of which only 11 cases have been reported in the literature so far, can follow renal transplantation. We report a patient who presented with acute abdominal pain and vomiting 6 weeks after renal transplantation in the right iliac fossa. A noncontrast abdominal computed tomography scan showed signs of small bowel obstruction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHernia
June 2017
Transplantation Unit, Laikon General Hospital, Agiou Thoma 17 Street, Athens, Greece.
Background: Renal paratransplant hernia (RPH) is an uncommon variant of internal hernias developed in renal transplant recipients. The aim of this review is to meticulously present and analyze all data coming mainly from case reports or short-case studies on this very uncommon surgical entity.
Materials And Methods: The MEDLINE/PubMed database was searched for publications with the medical subject heading ''renal paratransplant hernia''.
Exp Clin Transplant
August 2015
>From the Imperial College Healthcare Trust, Renal and Transplant Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, W12 OHS, United Kingdom.
We report a case of paratransplant hernia, a rare surgical complication of a renal transplant. It is caused by entrapment of the bowel through a defect in the peritoneum, which lines on the transplanted kidney. Careful dissection and meticulous surgical technique during transplant, closing any peritoneal defect, regardless of size, can avoid this complication.
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June 2014
1 1st Department of Surgery Athens University School of Medicine "Laikon", General Hospital Athens, Greece 2 Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery University Hospital Essen, Germany.
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