Internal hernia beneath the left external iliac artery after robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy with extended pelvic lymph node dissection: a case report

Abstract Background Formation of an internal hernia beneath a skeletonized pelvic vessel after pelvic lymph node dissection is extremely rare. We report a case of an internal hernia formation beneath the left external iliac artery after a robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy with extended pel...

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Main Authors: Shigeo Ninomiya, Shota Amano, Tadashi Ogawa, Yoshitake Ueda, Norio Shiraishi, Masafumi Inomata, Katsuhiro Shimoda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-03-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-019-0609-6