Year 2018 Vol. 26 No 2

CASE REPORTS

S.V. IVANOV1, A.V. GOLIKOV1, O.S. GORBACHEVA2, I.S. IVANOV1

GIANT INGUINAL HERNIA IN A WOMAN

Kursk State Medical University1,
Kursk Regional Clinical Hospital2, Kursk
The Russian Federation

The article presents a clinical case of treatment of a 55-year-old patient with an incarcerated inguinal hernia of «giant» size. At hospitalization, the patient complained of having a bulging anterior abdominal wall in the inguinal area of «giant» sizes (25×30 cm), the pain with straining, self-service problems and cosmetic difficulties. The history of the disease is more than 40 years, when the first hernia protrusion in the right inguinal region appeared, freely inserted into the abdominal cavity. The patient has never turned for help to any medical establishment. Hernia protrusion gradually increased in size. Recently, the pain syndrome, which occurred with physical activity, coughing, sneezing and rapid growth of hernia size have joined to the symptoms mentioned above. However, the cause of the treatment in the clinic was not a cosmetic defect, but the fact of the hernia irreducibility. After a comprehensive examination, the patient underwent hernia repair, the plastic of the anterior abdominal wall with a polypropylene surgical mesh according to the «onlay» technique. The postoperative period occurred without any exudative complications and manifestations of the compartment syndrome. The given clinical case is interesting as a possible treatment option for a fairly rare, «giant» size inguinal hernia in women.

Keywords: female inguinal hernia, surgical treatment, onlay plastic, åndoprosthetics, herniorrhaphy, pain syndrome, incarcerated hernia, clinical case
p. 238-242 of the original issue
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Information about the authors:
Ivanov Sergej V., MD, Professor, Head of the Department of Surgical Diseases ¹ 1, Kursk State Medical University, Kursk, Russian Federation.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7540-5748
Golikov Al’bert V., PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Surgical Diseases ¹ 1, Kursk State Medical University, Kursk, Russian Federation.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3978-8910
Gorbacheva Ol’ga S., PhD, Head of the General Surgery Unit, Kursk Regional Clinical Hospital, Kursk, Russian Federation.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6642-1743
Ivanov Il’ya S., MD, Professor of the Department of Surgical Diseases ¹ 1, Kursk State Medical University, Kursk, Russian Federation.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4408-961X
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