Abstract

MORAN CUELLAR, Maykel Nelson; RODRIGUEZ-ROJAS, David Alejandro; PORTAL BENITEZ, Leonila Noralis  and  DUARTE-LINARES, Yoisel. Paracecal hernia. Medicentro Electrónica [online]. 2020, vol.24, n.2, pp. 360-372.  Epub Apr 01, 2020. ISSN 1029-3043.

Internal hernias are an uncommon cause of small bowel obstruction (they represent less than 5%). The pericaecal hernia occupies about a tenth of the internal hernias while the paracaecal hernia is one of its four variants, which in turn can be congenital or acquired. We present a 98-year-old male patient operated on bowel obstruction due to paracaecal hernia, which required bowel resection and anastomosis, with favourable evolution. No other case published by Cuban authors was found when searching in Cochrane Library. Literature on this subject was also reviewed, insisting on the need for surgeons to bear this diagnosis in mind in their daily work, since it is manifested with a high mortality if it is not suspected, because it generally involves vascular compromise.

Keywords : intestinal obstruction/etiology; hernia/complications; intestine, small/surgery.

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