Case Report
An Unusual Trocar Site Hernia after Prostatectomy
Table 1
Previous case reports describing trocar site hernias containing the appendix with subsequent intervention.
| Author | Index operation | Trocar size | Onset of symptoms | Hernia contents | Treatment |
| Goodwin and Ghilchik [5] | Laparoscopic bilateral inguinal hernia repair
| Unknown | 36 months | Strangulated appendix | Open appendectomy and primary hernia repair | Menenakos et al. [6] | Laparoscopic low anterior resection
| 12 mm | 12 months | Incarcerated appendix | Open appendectomy and primary hernia repair with mesh sublay | Latyf et al. [7] | Laparoscopic anterior resection and partial cystectomy for colovesical fistula | 12 mm | 18 months | Sliding hernia containing the appendix | Open appendectomy and primary hernia repair with mesh overlay |
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