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Case Reports
. 2007 Apr;11(2):199-201.
doi: 10.1007/s10029-006-0170-7. Epub 2006 Nov 21.

"Suture hernia": identification of a new type of hernia presenting as a recurrence after laparoscopic ventral hernia repair

F E Muysoms  1 , K K J Cathenis, D A B Claeys
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Case Reports

"Suture hernia": identification of a new type of hernia presenting as a recurrence after laparoscopic ventral hernia repair

F E Muysoms et al. Hernia. 2007 Apr.

Abstract

After laparoscopic repair of ventral or incisional hernias, the recurrence rates reported are around 4%. Different mechanisms for the recurrences have been identified. We report two cases in which the patients were operated on laparoscopically for recurrence after laparoscopic ventral hernia repair. In both cases, the site of the recurrent hernia was situated at the transfascial fixation sutures. Patients were treated by laparoscopy with a larger intraperitoneal mesh covering the new hernia and the old mesh.

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