Extraperitoneal surgical repair of parastomal hernia of Bricker's urinary diversion with polypropylene mesh: stoma reimplantation through the mesh.

INTRODUCTION: Parastomal hernias affect 4.5-9% of patients submitted to ileostomy. Correcting this hernia represents a challenge. There are two basic approaches to the surgical correction of parastomal hernias: stoma relocation and repair in situ. We describe an alternative modified technique for extraperitoneal correction of large parastomal hernias using a polypropylene mesh and reimplantation of the urostomy in situ through the mesh. PATIENT AND METHODS: An 80-year-old patient submitted to Bricker urinary diversion developed a large parastomal hernia affecting almost the entire circumference causing local pain and difficulties in appliance attachment. An ellipsoid skin incision around the urostomy was done and skin flaps were dissected up to the aponeurotic borders keeping the hernia sac intact. A polypropylene mesh was sutured onto the aponeurotic borders, the urostomy was led back through a central opening in the mesh, and the skin segment was stitched onto the mesh. RESULTS: The patient was discharged on the third postoperative (PO) day. On day 14 PO he presented a small area of dehiscence treated with resuture. By the 30th month, no changes had occurred in the stoma or in the upper urinary tract and the patient was asymptomatic with no signs of tumor or hernia recurrence. CONCLUSIONS: Simple to perform and associated with low morbidity, the procedure represents an alternative for the treatment of parastomal hernias that would otherwise require stomal relocation.

Vaginal osseous metaplasia.

BACKGROUND: Osseous metaplasia is an unusual event in the gynecologic organs. It has been reported mostly in the endometrium and rarely in the cervix. CASE: The authors describe a rare case of bone formation in vaginal mucosa of a 52-year-old woman with chronic pelvic pain and exteriorization of bone from vaginal introit. CONCLUSION: To our knowledge, this finding has not been reported yet in the English medical literature.

Perfil epidemiológico e morbimortalidade dos pacientes submetidos à reconstrução de trânsito intestinal: experiência de um centro secundário do nordeste Brasileiro / Epidemiologic profile and morbimortality of patients undergoing to intestinal transit reconstruction: experience of a secundary health service in Brazil northeast

Racional- A reconstrução do trânsito intestinal não está isenta de riscos cirúrgicos e apresenta taxas consideráveis de complicações pós-operatórias, sendo que a infecção continua a ser um dos maiores desafios existentes neste procedimento. Métodos- Foram analisados retrospectivamente 86 prontuários de pacientes com colostomia ou ileostomia, através de fatores que tivessem impacto sobre a morbimortalidade após a reconstrução de trânsito intestinal, de janeiro de 2003 a abril de 2009. Resultados- Houve 20 mulheres e 60 homens, com idade média de 43 anos. A colostomia em alça (n: 34) e o trauma abdominal indicando colostomia ou ileostomia foram as condições mais frequentes. O intervalo médio entre a confecção do estoma e a reconstrução de trânsito intestinal foi 15,7 meses. O índice de morbidade foi 56,8 por cento, sendo a infecção incisional a complicação mais comum (27.47 por cento). A permanência hospitalar média foi 7,6 dias. Houve regressão linear positiva entre permanência hospitalar pós-operatória e a idade do paciente. Demonstrou-se associação estatisticamente significativa entre o prolongamento da permanência hospitalar e a ocorrência de complicações (p menor que 0,001). Conclusão- Pode-se inferir que ocorrência de complicações pós-operatórias e idade associam-se a prolongamento da permanência hospitalar.

Background - The reconstruction of the intestinal tract is not surgical complications risk-free and is associated to postoperative complications high rates; furthermore, infection remains the hardest challenge in this procedure. Methods - Retrospectively, eighty-six patients with intestinal stomas were analyzed through factors that impact on the morbimortality afterwards intestinal transit reconstruction, since January 2003 to April 2009. Results - Loop colostomy (n=34) and abdominal trauma implicating 38.2 percent of indications to colostomy or ileostomy were the most frequent conditions. The mean interval between stoma confection and intestinal transit reconstruction was 15.7 months. The morbidity frequency was 56.8 percent and incisional infection was its commonest complication (27.47 percent). The mean inpatient length of stay was 7.6 days. There was positive linear regression between post-operative inpatient length of stay and inpatient's age. Inpatient length of stay prolongation is associated to occurrence of complications (p less than 0,001). Conclusion - Post-operative complications and age are associated to inpatient length of stay prolongation.

Perfil epidemiológico e morbimortalidade dos pacientes submetidos à reconstrução de trânsito intestinal: experiência de um centro secundário do Nordeste Brasileiro / Epidemiologic profile and morbimortality of patients undergoing reconstruction intestinal transit: experience of a secundary health service in the Northeast of Brazil

RACIONAL: A reconstrução do trânsito intestinal não está isenta de riscos cirúrgicos e apresenta taxas consideráveis de complicações pós-operatórias, sendo que a infecção continua a ser um dos maiores desafios existentes neste procedimento. OBJETIVO: Perfil epidemiológico e morbimortalidade dos pacientes submetidos à reconstrução de trânsito intestinal. MÉTODOS: Foram analisados retrospectivamente 86 prontuários de pacientes com colostomia ou ileostomia, através de fatores que tivessem impacto sobre a morbimortalidade após a reconstrução de trânsito intestinal, de janeiro de 2003 a abril de 2009. RESULTADOS: Houve 20 mulheres e 60 homens, com idade média de 43 anos. A colostomia em alça (n=34) e o trauma abdominal indicando colostomia ou ileostomia foram as condições mais frequentes. O intervalo médio entre a confecção do estoma e a reconstrução de trânsito intestinal foi 15,7 meses. O índice de morbidade foi 56,8 por cento, sendo a infecção incisional a complicação mais comum (27.47 por cento). A permanência hospitalar média foi 7,6 dias. Houve regressão linear positiva entre permanência hospitalar pós-operatória e a idade do paciente. Demonstrou-se associação estatisticamente significativa entre o prolongamento da permanência hospitalar e a ocorrência de complicações (p<0,001). CONCLUSÃO: Pode-se inferir que ocorrência de complicações pós-operatórias e idade associaram-se a prolongamento da permanência hospitalar.

BACKGROUND: The reconstruction of the intestinal tract is not surgical complications risk-free and is associated to postoperative complications high rates; furthermore, infection remains the hardest challenge in this procedure. AIM: Epidemiological profile and mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing reconstruction of intestinal transit. METHODS: Retrospectively, 86 patients with intestinal stomas were analyzed through factors that impact on the morbimortality afterwards intestinal transit reconstruction, since January 2003 to April 2009. RESULTS: Loop colostomy (n=34) and abdominal trauma implicating 38.2 percent of indications to colostomy or ileostomy, were the most frequent conditions. The mean interval between stoma confection and intestinal transit reconstruction was 15.7 months. The morbidity frequency was 56.8 percent and incisional infection was its commonest complication (27.47 percent). The mean inpatient length of stay was 7.6 days. There was positive linear regression between post-operative inpatient length of stay and inpatient's age. Inpatient length of stay prolongation is associated to occurrence of complications (p<0,001). CONCLUSION: It can be inferred that the occurrence of postoperative complications and age were associated with prolonged hospital stay.