Hernia útero inguinal derecha atascada en mujer en edad fértil: Reporte de un caso

Translated title of the contribution: Incarcerated right utero inguinal hernia in a woman of reproductive age. Case report

B. Fernanda Pilar Gatica*, S. Emilio Sandoval, L. Edgardo Schneider

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Abstract

Introduction: Abdominal wall hernia is a frequent pathology, the most frequent hernia are the inguinal type, closed to 70% of all. Although the incidence of inguinal hernial sac containing ovary and Fallopian tubes are reported on a 2.9% of the cases. Case Report: Female patient 42 years old, with a long-term history of right inguinal hernia, with sudden pain and irreducible increase of volume in the correspondent inguinal zone that doesn’t look strangled; she was admitted to the emergency operating room. Among surgical findings hernia’s sac content was uterus and both ovaries with no signs of vascular compromise. The patient’s favorable evolved let her to be discharged from the hospital after 2 days from post operative care.

Translated title of the contributionIncarcerated right utero inguinal hernia in a woman of reproductive age. Case report
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)100-102
Number of pages3
JournalRevista de Cirugia
Volume73
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery

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