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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54090#.VO1zJizQrzE Author(s)   Zhenhua He 1* , Gaoyong Zhu 1 , Sen Zhang 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, He Zhou People’s Hospital, Guangxi, China . 2 Department of Colorectal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi, China . ABSTRACT Perineal hernias are uncommon complications following laparoscopic abdominoperineal operations. There is still very little known about perineal hernia. There are only few case reports to describe the repair of postoperative hernias after laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection (APR) in the literature. Here we present one patient with a perineal hernia after laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer. The surgical management with manual purse-string suture is described and discussed in this case report. KEYWORDS Perineal Hernia , Laparoscopic , Abdominop...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50544#.VECPy1fHRK0 Author(s)   Dilip Dan , P. Ramraj , Viren Solomon , Olivier Leron , Malini Ramnarine , Kavita Deonarine , Vijay Naraynsingh , Nigel Bascombe Affiliation(s) Department of Surgery, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago . ABSTRACT Gossypibomas are generally retained surgical sponges, and are usually a rare occurrence. They are diagnostic dilemmas with an incidence ranging from 1 in 8000 to 1 in 18,000 surgeries. However the incidence of this problem is on the rise and the clinician needs to have a high index of suspicion to make an accurate diagnosis. We reported the case of a 50-year-old male patient who prese...