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Case Reports
. 2010 Jan;92(1):W3-5.
doi: 10.1308/147870810X476610.

Laparoscopic repair of spontaneous vaginal evisceration of small bowel: report of a case

Myles D J Sinclair  1 , Andrew R Davies, Sridevi Sankaran, Sangeeta Agnihotri, Stefano M Andreani
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Case Reports

Laparoscopic repair of spontaneous vaginal evisceration of small bowel: report of a case

Myles D J Sinclair et al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2010 Jan.

Abstract

Spontaneous vaginal evisceration of the small bowel is a rare event. It is precipitated in the postmenopausal woman commonly by hysterectomy and in the premenopausal woman by vaginal trauma. We report a case of a 75-year-old woman presenting with a protruding mass in her vagina and associated abdominal pain. A combined laparoscopic and transvaginal method of repair is described and the advantage of using both techniques highlighted.

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Spontaneous evisceration of small bowel.
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