ArticleAnnals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England2014
Gallbladder perforation by absorbable spiral tacker.
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- Mesh fixation using novel bio-adhesive coating compared to tack fixation for IPOM hernia repair: in vivo evaluation in a porcine model.Surgical endoscopy · 2019Article
- Use of Nonabsorbable Spiral Tacks for Mesh Reinforcement in Thoracoscopic Repair of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.European journal of pediatric surgery reports · 2018Article
- Unusual complication of seroma after ventral hernia mesh repair: Digestive perforation by tacks. A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2018Article
- Gallbladder perforation: a rare complication of postoperative chemotherapy of gastric cancer.World journal of surgical oncology · 2015Article
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Abstract
introductionMesh fixation with tacker systems is common in laparoscopic and open hernia repair. Complications due to absorbable tackers are rare and have not been described in the literature. However, we report a case of gallbladder erosion due to tacker dislocation.
methodsAn open hernia repair was performed using an intraperitoneal onlay mesh for a recurrent parastomal hernia after two previous mesh repairs in a 67-year-old patient.
resultsOn postoperative day 2, the patient was reoperated because of a dislocated tacker that eroded and perforated the fundus region of the gallbladder. Putatively, tacker dislocation occurred owing to imbalanced traction forces. Initially, the mesh was fixed with absorbable tackers around the stoma on the right and transmuscular suture fixation was carried out on the left abdominal side. On revision surgery, tension forces to the right were therefore neutralised by additional transmuscular sutures on the right side.
conclusionsAbsorbable tackers in open hernia repair provide a safe and effective mesh fixation if tension forces are carefully avoided.
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