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. 2016:2016:2534037.
doi: 10.1155/2016/2534037. Epub 2016 May 10.

Sampson's Artery Hemorrhage after Inguinal Hernia Repair: Second Case Reported

Joseph Adjei Boachie  1 , Eduardo Smith-Singares  2
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Sampson's Artery Hemorrhage after Inguinal Hernia Repair: Second Case Reported

Joseph Adjei Boachie et al. Case Rep Surg. 2016.

Abstract

Sampson artery is normally obliterated in postembryonic development. In rare cases it can remain patent and complicate a routine outpatient herniorrhaphy when severed. This is the second reported case in the available English literature of hemoperitoneum due to bleeding from a patent Sampson's artery following an open inguinal hernia repair.

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Bleeding Sampson's artery found on left inguinal hernia repair site; hemorrhage stopped with a 5 mm hemoclip.
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