Symptomatic internal hernia of the broad ligament: A complication of electrocoagulation therapy of endometriosis
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This case report describes a woman who developed symptomatic internal broad ligament hernia after electrocoagulation therapy for endometriosis.
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A 31-year-old nulligravid woman had had two previous laparoscopies for endometriosis. Disease of the right broad ligament was treated by electrocoagulation at the first surgery, but pain persisted despite postoperative danazol therapy. At her second laparoscopy, a large defect of the right broad ligament was noted, but not treated. At her third operation, laparoscopic excision of endometriosis was followed by herniorrhaphy of the right broad ligament through mini-laparotomy. The potential for bowel herniation exists whenever a closed loop is present in the abdominal cavity.
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Cited by (4)
- Internal Herniation of Adnexa Through a Defect of the Broad Ligament: Case Report and Literature Review 2010
- Laparoscopic ‘day case’ management of an ‘endometrioma’ within the broad ligament 2009
- Broad ligament defects as a cause of chronic pelvic pain 2015
- Internal Herniation of an Ovarian Endometrioma through the Fenestra of the Broad Ligament: Case Report 2014
Cited by (4)
- Broad ligament defects as a cause of chronic pelvic pain 2015
- Internal Herniation of an Ovarian Endometrioma through the Fenestra of the Broad Ligament: Case Report 2014
- Internal Herniation of Adnexa Through a Defect of the Broad Ligament: Case Report and Literature Review 2010
- Laparoscopic ‘day case’ management of an ‘endometrioma’ within the broad ligament 2009
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