Case Report
Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by Internal Hernia through a Peritoneal Defect of the Pouch of Douglas: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
Table 1
Clinical features of internal hernia through a defect of the Pouch of Douglas in English literature.
| Author (year) | Age | Symptom | History of abdominal surgery | Diagnosis made by/at | Defect of the Pouch of Douglas | Management |
| Fiirgaard and Agertoft (1988) [5] | 17 | Abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting | No | Surgery | Congenital | Reduction and primary repair of a peritoneal defect | Hoeffel et al. (1992) [6] | 76 | Abdominal pain, vomiting | NA | Surgery | NA | Small bowel resection and anastomosis | Inoue et al. (2002) [7] | 80 | Abdominal distension, vomiting | Hysterectomy | Surgery | Acquired | Reduction and primary repair of a peritoneal defect | Bunni et al. (2012) [4] | 77 | Pain in right groin | No | Surgery | Congenital | Laparoscopic mesh herniorrhaphy | Present case (2016) | 26 | Abdominal pain, distension | No | Surgery | Congenital | Reduction and primary repair of a peritoneal defect |
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NA = no available information.
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