Trocar Site Hernia after Laparoscopic Colectomy: A Case Report and Literature Review

Table 1

Trocar site hernia frequency.

	Pub.	Patients undergoing VLS	Trocar site hernia/ Tot-VLS	TSH %
Fear	1968	Gynaecological surgery	1/NS
Schiff and Naftolin	1974	Gynaecological surgery	2/NS
Mintz (Review)	1977	Abdominal surgery	7/100000	0.007
Bourke	1977	Abdominal surgery	1/NS
Sauer and Jarrett	1984	Diagnostic laparoscopy	1/NS
Hogdall and Rosen	1987	Gynaecological surgery	1/NS
Kiiholma, and Makinen	1988	Gynaecological surgery	1/NS
Thomas et al.	1990	Abdominal surgery	1/NS
Voyles	1991	Cholecystectomy	1/500	0.20
Larson	1992	Cholecystectomy	3/1983	0.15
Baird	1992	Cholecystectomy	1/800	0.13
Kadar et al.	1993	Gynaecological surgery	4/NS
Multicentrico	1993	Gynaecological surgery	6/3560	0.17
Multicentrico	1994	Gynaecological surgery	933/4.385.000	0.021
George	1994	hysterectomy	3/NS
Multicentrico	1995	Gynaecological surgery	19/NS
Le Bouëdec	1995	Hysterectomy	1/NS
Azurin	1995	Cholecystectomy	10/1300	0.77
Mike et al.	1996	Pediatric surgery	2/574	0.35
Mayol	1997	Abdominal surgery	6/403	1.48
Ahmad	1997	Cholecystectomy	11/1300	0.84
Nassar	1997	Cholecystectomy	16/870	1.83
Multicentric	1999	Gynaecological surgery	8/32.205	0.025
Sanz-Lopez	1999	Cholecystectomy	2/123	1.62
Berthou	1999	Colectomy for diverticulitis	1/110	0.90
Eltabbakh	1999	Gynaecological surgery	1/NS
Coda	2000	Abdominal surgery	13/1287	1
Schauer	2000	Gastric bypass	1/257	0.36
Bowrey	2001	Fundoplication	9/320	2.8
Schmedt et al.	2001	Ventral hernia repair	301/6023	4.99
Berger et al.	2002	Incisional hernia repair	4/150	2.66
Al-Haijar	2002	Cholecystectomy	10/1453	0.68
Lumley	2002	Colectomy for neoplasm	1/152	0.65
Dresel	2002	Gastric banding	1/100	1
Susmallian,	2002	Gastric banding	3/459	0.65
Boughey et al	2003	Abdominal surgery	4/NS
Immè, and Cardì F.	2006	Abdominal surgery	12/600	2
Boldó et al.	2007	Ventral hernia repair	6/27	22.2
ten Duis et al.	2008	Abdominal surgery	3/NS
Paya et al.	2008	Pediatric surgery	8/293	2.73
Our experience	2009	Abdominal surgery	2/4387	0.045

VLS: laparoscopy