Internal Hernia in a Liver Transplant Recipien: A Case Report

Table 1

Summary of the clinical data of all reported cases.

Author/year	Age/sex	Graft	Porte of hernia	Onset of hernia after LTx.	Diagnosis by	Therapy	Prognosis
Newton et al./1988 [7]	29 y.o./F	N. A.	Around Roux-en-Y	N. A.	Laparotomy	Repair of hernia without BR	Alive
Khanna et al./1997 [8]	12 y.o./F	N. A.	Around Roux-en-Y	10 years	CT	Repair of hernia, BR and small bowel transplantation	Alive
Khanna et al./1997 [8]	14 y.o./F	N. A.	Mesenteric window	2 years	Laparotomy	Repair of hernia without BR	Alive
Khanna et al./1997 [8]	12 y.o./F	N. A.	Mesenteric window	13 days	Laparotomy	Repair of hernia and with BR	Dead
Khanna et al./1997 [8]	38 y.o./F	N. A.	Mesenteric window	19 months	Laparotomy	Repair of hernia without BR	Alive
Liu et al./2004 [6]	56 y.o./M	Right lobe	Around Roux-en-Y	20 months	CT	Repair of hernia without BR	Alive
Liu et al./2004 [6]	50 y.o./M	Right lobe	Around Roux-en-Y	19 months	CT	Repair of hernia without BR	Alive
Liu et al./2004 [6]	44 y.o./F	Right lobe	Mesenteric window	23 months	CT	Repair of hernia without BR	Alive
Liu et al./2004 [6]	41 y.o./M	Right lobe	Around Roux-en-Y	17 months	CT	Repair of hernia without BR	Alive
Eberhardt et al./2012 [9]	12 y.o./M	Left lobe	Around Roux-en-Y	11 years	CT	Repair of hernia without BR	Alive
Our case/2013	42 y.o./F	Left lobe	Around Roux-en-Y	6 years	CT	Repair of hernia without BR	Alive

LTx: liver transplantation; N. A.: not available; CT: computed tomography; BR: bowel resection.