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Using the uterus to close a pelvic defect after primary perineal posterior hernia repair: Report of a case

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Perineal hernias rarely develop spontaneously, and their treatment is controversial. We report a case of a primary perineal posterior hernia in an 81-year-old woman, who presented with progressive bulging in the perineal area, preventing comfortable excretion. The diagnosis was established by herniography. We operated via an abdominal approach and repaired the hernia by reconstructing the pelvic floor using the uterus. To our knowledge, reconstruction using the uterus to repair a pelvic defect has not been reported before.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Suzaka Hospital, 1332 Ooaza Suzaka, Suzaka, Nagano, 382-0091, Japan

    Mitsutsune Washiro, Hideharu Shimizu, Tatsusi Katakura & Shinpei Kumagai

  2. Department of General Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

    Masaru Miyazaki

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Washiro, M., Shimizu, H., Katakura, T. et al. Using the uterus to close a pelvic defect after primary perineal posterior hernia repair: Report of a case. Surg Today 40, 277–280 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-008-4036-8

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