Laparoscopic treatment of acute small bowel obstruction due to left paraduodenal hernia: A case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Internal hernia is a pathological condition resulting from abnormal protrusion of abdominal viscera through an opening in the intraperitoneal recesses of the abdominal cavity. Small bowel obstruction due to internal hernia is not common (0.25-0.9% of cases). The most common group is that of paraduodenal hernias (53%), of which the left-sided one is the most common type (75%).

Presentation of case

We report a case of a 43 year-old man with a history of recurrent abdominal pain, who was hospitalized because of an episode of acute small bowel obstruction. He had no previous surgery. Computed tomography revealed an encapsulated circumscribed cluster of jejunal loops in the left upper quadrant, near the ligament of Treitz, and the hernia orifice was adjacent to the l

SUBMITTER: Zizzo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4818316 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature