INCISIONAL HERNIA AFTER APPENDECTOMY: A CASE REPORT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 General surgery, (Queen Aliaa Hospital)

2 Anesthesia and intensive care, (Queen Aliaa Hospital)

3 Nursing department, (Queen Aliaa Hospital)

Abstract

Appendectomy is one of the most frequent of all surgical interventions. Thought it is technically considered as minor, its complication varies from infected wound, intra-abdominal abscess, paralytic ileus and incisional hernia.
Our case presents the complication of post-appendectomy incisional hernia containing small bowel segment.

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