ArticleSurgical endoscopy2022
Trocar site hernia after gastric sleeve.
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- Updated guideline for closure of abdominal wall incisions from the European and American Hernia Societies.The British journal of surgery · 2022Pooled it
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- Single-port sleeve gastrectomy: a comparison between transumbilical and left hypochondrium approaches.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
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- Mass closure vs. layer-by-layer closure of transverse laparotomy in children: a randomized trial with ultrasound and elastography outcomes.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Ultrasound Study of Trocar Site Hernia after Bariatric Surgery: Medium and Long-Term Follow-Up.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2025Article
- Bariatric surgery: trends in utilization, complications, conversions and revisions.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- A virtual simulation approach to assess the effect of trocar-site placement and scar characteristics on the abdominal wall biomechanics.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Trocar Entry Site Hernias in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Patients: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.Cureus · 2023Article
- Trocar-site hernia repair after laparoscopic surgery: a case report study.Journal of surgical case reports · 2023Article
- Thoughts on Trocar Site Hernia Prevention. A Narrative Review.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundLaparoscopy is common in abdominal surgery. Trocar site hernia (TSH) is a most likely underestimated complication. Among risk factors, obesity, the use of larger trocars and the umbilical trocar site has been described. In a previous study, CT scan in the prone position was found to be a reliable method for the detection of TSH following gastric bypass (LRYGB). In the present study, our aim was to examine the incidence of TSH after gastric sleeve, and further to investigate the proportion of symptomatic trocar site hernias.
methodsSeventy-nine patients subjected to laparoscopic gastric sleeve in 2011-2016 were examined using CT in the prone position upon a ring. Symptoms of TSH were assessed using a digital survey.
resultsThe incidence of trocar site hernia was 17 out of 79 (21.5%), all at the umbilical trocar site. The mean follow-up time was 37 months. There was no significant correlation between patient symptoms and a TSH.
conclusionsThe incidence of TSH is high after laparoscopic gastric sleeve, a finding in line with several recent studies as well as with our first trial on trocar site hernia after LRYGB. Up to follow-up, none of the patients had been subjected to hernia repair. Although the consequence of a trocar site hernia can be serious, the proportion of symptomatic TSH needs to be more clarified.
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