Department of Urology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

A 71-year-old man with unilateral, Gleason score 7 (3 + 4), clinical Stage T1c prostate adenocarcinoma underwent bilateral nerve-sparing robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy. On postoperative day 13, he developed a small bowel obstruction owing to incarceration of a spigelian hernia in the right lower-quadrant 8-mm trocar site. Surgical repair required small bowel resection and primary enteroenterostomy.

Written by
Spaliviero M, Samara EN, Oguejiofor IK, Davault RJ, Albrecht RM, Wong C.

Reference
Urology. 2008 Jul 9. Epub ahead of print.

PubMed Abstract
PMID:18619661

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