Computer tomographic diagnosis of an internal hernia

Mahdi, B.; Hansen, L.U.; Zimmermann-Nielsen, E.

Ugeskrift for Laeger 171(1-2): 34-35

2009


ISSN/ISBN: 1603-6824
PMID: 19128563
Document Number: 637541
A case is presented in which a transmesenteric hernia developed four weeks after transperitoneal laparoscopic left nephrectomy. The diagnosis of an internal hernia is best established by computer tomography; however, the signs have low sensitivity, and on suspicion of an internal hernia, early laparoscopy or laparotomy is recommended.

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