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• TITLE: Delayed Mesh Infection: A Rare Complication of Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair (TEP—Totally Extra-Peritoneal Repair)

  AUTHORS: Anand Kumar Yadav, Vivek Bindal, Vinod Kumar Jangra, Zuber Khan, Shahnawaz Ahangar, Vikram Sharanappa, Mukund Khetan, Suviraj John, Sudhir Kalhan, Parveen Bhatia

  KEYWORDS: Laparoscopic Hernia Repair, Mesh Infection, Mesh Rejection, Pre-Peritoneal Cavity, Tacks, Erosion

  JOURNAL NAME: Surgical Science, Vol.7 No.10, October 10, 2016

  ABSTRACT: Hernias are amongst the oldest afflictions of mankind. The tension-free mesh repairs revolutionized and radically changed the whole concept of anatomical tissue repairs. The introduction of mesh, though beneficial, posed a new set of postoperative problems with the mesh infection being the most morbid one. Laparoscopic surgery has been able to reduce the incidence of mesh infection as opposed to the open hernia repairs. The infection occurs mostly early but rarely does it present several years after the surgery. Herein we report our case of delayed mesh infection developing 6 years postoperatively. This is our first such case in a series of more than 1000 laparoscopic hernia repairs over a period of 6 years (2010-2016). The patient needed an open exploration which revealed a large preperitoneal cavity containing 770 ml of pus with a mesh floating in it. The mesh was removed and the thorough toileting of the wound was done.