Key result
Review outlines prevention, diagnosis, and management of port site hernias after laparoscopic surgery.
Why the study?
Port site hernia is a rare but often overlooked complication after laparoscopic surgery due to short follow-up and limited clinician awareness.
This article provides a comprehensive review of port site hernias, including surgical anatomy, trocar design, prevention, diagnosis, and management.
Provides a reference for managing port site hernias; extends prior syntheses while leaving open the need for prospective studies.
Port site hernia (PSH) is a rare type of incisional hernia occurring at port sites after laparoscopic surgery. Larger trocar size and improper port site sheath closure are considered to be the most important predisposing factors. In many instances, this condition may be overlooked due to short follow-up of the patients after surgery, and lack of knowledge of clinicians about this clinical entity. This article is aimed to review the applied surgical anatomy related to PSH and trocar placement and the gradual evolution in the design of trocars. Herein, we have also discussed the burden of the disease, techniques for prevention, diagnosis and management of PSH.
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Brijendra Kumar Rao (2015) conducted a review in Port site hernia. This review outlines the surgical anatomy, trocar design evolution, disease burden, prevention, diagnosis, and management of port site hernias following laparoscopic surgery.
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