Scrotal skin loss following Fournier’s gangrene is very distressing to the patients. The management is complex and challenging shown by the multiplicity of flaps and techniques described in the literature.
We included a total of 14 patients with the diagnosis of Fournier’s gangrene over a period of 1 year in our department. We used a modified pudendal thigh flap to reconstruct neo-scrotum in patients with scrotal defects resulting from excision and debridement of Fournier’s gangrene. The average age group of the patients in our study was 41.8 years. The average body mass index in our study was 22.36 kg/m
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. The average defect size in our study was 7.05 × 13.07 cm
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. There was a single case of flap necrosis. Modified pudendal thigh flap produces a neo-scrotum that looks natural in appearance, provides good quality skin cover and cushion to the testes as well as protective sensation.
Intussusception of the appendix is a rare disease that constitutes a diagnostic challenge to the surgeon. Intussusception is defined as the telescoping of a segment of the gastrointestinal tract into an adjacent one. We are reporting a case of a 14-year-old boy who presented in our institution with the features of acute appendicitis. On exploration appendiculo-cecal intussusception was found for which right hemicolectomy with ileotransverse colon anastomosis was done.
Amyand’s hernia in a child is a very rare entity. It poses a diagnostic challenge to the surgeon due to its variety of presentation. We are presenting a case of a 5-year-old child who presented to our institute with right-sided irreducible inguinal hernia. On exploration, the content of the hernia was caecum with normal appendix for which herniotomy with appendectomy was done.
Peritoneal flap mesh hernioplasty is a technique to deal with complex ventral hernias in which primary closure of the defect is not attainable. We are here presenting a case report of a 50-year-old gentleman with huge complex ventral hernia with loss of domain. The patient also had overlying ulcerated and blackish colored skin. Botulinum toxin was infiltrated into the muscles of anterior abdominal wall and was followed by peritoneal flap mesh hernioplasty after one month. The final outcome was complete closure of the midline with a healthy skin with no evidence of abdominal compartment syndrome. There was no evidence of early recurrence on follow up.
Owing to the favorable outcome in this case, suitability of peritoneal flap mesh hernioplasty technique in treatment of complex ventral hernia could be explored further where closure of the primary defect is difficult.
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