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A rare cause of mechanical bowel obstruction: mesh migration

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The use of mesh has become the gold standard in hernia operations recently due to advantages such as lower recurrence rates, lower post-surgical pain and earlier return to work. Plug mesh application, first described by Robins and Rutkow [Robbins AW, Rutkow IM (1993) The mesh-plug hernioplasty. Surg Clin North Am 73:501–512], is a popular method of hernia repair. Although rare, there may be complications of surgery using plug mesh. This report presents a case of mechanic bowel obstruction due to mesh migration, 3 years after a left inguinal hernia repair with plug mesh method.

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Military Hospital, 30000, Hakkari, Turkey

    I. Yilmaz

  2. Military Hospital, Ağrı, Turkey

    D. O. Karakaş

  3. Department of General Surgery, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Istanbul, Turkey

    I. Sucullu, Y. Ozdemir & E. Yucel

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Yilmaz, I., Karakaş, D.O., Sucullu, I. et al. A rare cause of mechanical bowel obstruction: mesh migration. Hernia 17, 267–269 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-011-0867-0

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