Joint venture surgery of a giant inguinoscrotal hernia in a patient suffering from trisomy 21 and Eisenmenger's syndrome

A 44-year-old man with Trisomy 21 and Eisenmenger's syndrome underwent surgery due to a life-threatening scrotal hernia, containing the bladder, bilateral hydroceles and part of the sigmoid colon. Joint venture plastic and urologic surgery was performed with reposition of the bladder and sigmoi...

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Main Authors: Anne Sofie Virring Brandt, Julie Tastesen, Mille Sværdborg, Hans Jørgen Kirkeby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Urology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442021001972
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Summary:A 44-year-old man with Trisomy 21 and Eisenmenger's syndrome underwent surgery due to a life-threatening scrotal hernia, containing the bladder, bilateral hydroceles and part of the sigmoid colon. Joint venture plastic and urologic surgery was performed with reposition of the bladder and sigmoid colon into the abdominal cavity, bilateral inguinal hernial mesh repair, left sided orchiectomy, excision of bilateral hydroceles and excision of a major part of the scrotum and recreation of the original anatomy of the penis and scrotum. This Case presents a successful outcome achieved as the patient after one-step-surgery was left to normal condition.
ISSN:2214-4420