Bowel obstruction in the postoperative period of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair (TAPP): review of the literature.
JSLS 1998;
2:277-80. [PMID:
9876754 PMCID:
PMC3015299]
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Abstract
A case is presented of a male patient that presented with intestinal obstruction in the early postoperative period of a transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal repair (TAPP) that was diagnosed and repaired successfully using laparoscopy. Whenever a total extraperitoneal procedure (TEP) cannot be performed, the peritoneal closure of the TAPP should be done water-tight using interrupted stitches of absorbable monofilament sutures.
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