TITLE:
A Rare Interstitial Type of Post Appendectomy Incisional Hernia
AUTHORS:
Katari Gopalakrishnan Vishnukumar, Sudharshan S. Murthy, Abishek Kandasamy Rajasabapathy, Kulandaiyagounder Ramaswamy Manoj Prabu, Arcot Rekha
KEYWORDS:
Interparietal Hernia, Post Appendectomy Incisional Hernia, Interstitial Type, Abdominal Wall Defect, Double Breasting
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.10 No.5,
May
26,
2021
ABSTRACT: Intraparietal Hernias are hernias occurring in the anterior abdominal wall at different anatomical planes. An interparietal hernia has a hernial sac that passes between the layers of the anterior abdominal wall. Appendectomy is a very common surgical procedure, and post appendectomy incisional hernia is a very rare complication. Here we present a case of a 24-year-old male with swelling in the right hypochondrium and lumbar region with an open appendectomy scar. He was diagnosed to have an interparietal hernia in the anterior abdominal wall. After obtaining consent patient was taken up for surgery. At surgery, the patient was found to have a defect in the transverse abdominis muscle with a medial leaf far from the incision site. Open repair of the defect along with double breasting of external oblique done. Interparietal hernias are rare in post appendectomy scar and this case is of significance since it Highlights a rare interstitial type incisional hernia, as a complication of post appendectomy scar, and not many cases reports are mentioned in literature.