1. Acute appendicitis within a robotic port-site hernia: a case report.
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Qu, Tong, Li, Ruojia, Kothari, Anai N, and Anstadt, Michael J
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APPENDICITIS , *HERNIA , *OPERATIVE surgery , *ROBOTICS , *CHOLECYSTITIS , *INTRA-abdominal hypertension , *CHOLECYSTECTOMY - Abstract
Trocar-site hernias are uncommon complications of minimally invasive surgery. The potential for incarceration or strangulation of intra-abdominal contents within trocar-site hernias can lead to major morbidity. We present a case of acute, strangulated appendicitis within a right lower quadrant 8 mm robotic trocar site following robot-assisted laparoscopic cholecystectomy. We additionally perform a brief review of the literature regarding the optimal approach to trocar-site closure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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