ArticleSpartan medical research journal2017
Robot Assisted Repair of Acquired Abdominal Intercostal Hernias (AIH).
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- Robotic extended total extraperitoneal transversus abdominus release for traumatic flank and abdominal intercostal hernias.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Gastric volvulus and tension gastrothorax secondary to spontaneous transdiaphragmatic intercostal hernia.BMJ case reports · 2022Article
- Laparoscopic IPOM repair of an acquired abdominal intercostal hernia.BMJ case reports · 2018Article
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Abstract
Abdominal intercostal hernia (AIH) is a rare clinical entity in which intra-abdominal visceral contents protrude through a defect between adjacent ribs. Most AIH are repaired via (an open or a laparoscopic) transabdominal approach or a thoracotomy. In this paper, the authors present two cases of AIH. Both cases of AIH developed in male patients after severe coughing episodes and demonstrated on computed tomography (CT) to include multiple abdominal viscera. In both cases, a robot-assisted laparoscopic hernia repair was performed utilizing Sepramesh and V-Lock suturing. To our knowledge, these are the first case reports of a robotic approach to repair of AIH. Both cases demonstrate the safety of this approach and expand on novel robotic approaches to ventral hernia repairs. Studies of longer term outcomes from this surgical approach are limited in the literature due to small number of cases and even fewer associated case reports.
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