Primary perineal hernia: a case report and review of the literature.

Unlabelled: Pelvic floor hernias are extremely rare. This study presents a successfully treated case of primary perineal hernia and takes a look at the existing literature.

Case: The case of a 75-year-old female patient with a great perineal hernia is presented.

Prospective randomized comparison of laparoscopic ultrasonography using a flexible-tip ultrasound probe and intraoperative dynamic cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Background: We performed a prospective randomized comparison of laparoscopic intraoperative ultrasonography (LIOU) and dynamic intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC).

Methods: LIOU and IOC were attempted in 518 consecutive patients scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The order in which the diagnostic procedures were performed was randomly assigned.

Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal hernioplasty: results of 1000 consecutive cases.

From October 1992 until September 1995, 859 patients with 1000 inguinal hernias underwent a transabdominal preperitoneal mesh repair (TAPP) in the First Department of Surgery of the Diakonie-Hospital Rotenburg/Wümme, Germany. One hundred and seventeen of these repairs were for recurrences after previous open hernia surgery. There were 76 (7.