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Table 2 Cases of bowel cancer presenting within inguinal hernias in the last 30 years

From: A rare case of ascending colon adenocarcinoma incarcerated in an inguinoscrotal hernia: case report and literature review

Year

First Author

No

Sex

Age

Site

Complications

Treatment

Incision

LOS (days)

1991 [13]

Hale

22

M

85

Sigmoid

Incarceration

Hartmann’s + intra-abdominal internal ring closure

Midline laparotomy

NA

2003 [12]

Tan

23

M

62

Sigmoid

Incarceration

High anterior resection + left orchidectomy + intra-abdominal closure of hernial defect

Left iliac fossa transverse

NA

2003 [7]

Kouraklis

24

M

79

Sigmoid

Perforation

Hartmann’s + loop colostomy + interval reversal and open hernioplasty

Left groin

10

2003 [16]

Cervinka

25

M

69

Sigmoid

Incarceration

Sigmoidectomy + anastomosis + defunctioning transverse colostomy + herniorrhaphy (Bassini)

Left groin

NA

2008 [17]

Slater

26

M

66

Sigmoid

Incarceration

Hartmann’s + left orchidectomy + internal ring closure

Left groin + midline laparotomy

NA

2008 [17]

Slater

27

M

73

Sigmoid

Perforation

Hartmann’s + left orchidectomy + internal ring closure

L groin + Left modified Rutherford-Morrison

NA

2009 [18]

Ruiz-Tovar

28

M

67

Sigmoid

Perforation without contamination

Sigmoidectomy and anastomosis + hernioplasty (Lichtenstein)

Left groin + midline laparotomy

7

2010 [19]

Ko

29

M

84

Sigmoid

Perforation

Hartmann’s + herniorrhaphy

Laparotomy

Deceased

2010 [20]

Mai

30

M

83

Sigmoid

Strangulation

Hartmann’s + herniorrhaphy

Lower midline + left groin

NA

2011 [5]

Pernazza

31

M

70

Caecum

Incarceration

Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy + herniorrhaphy

Laparoscopy + bilateral groin incisions

5

2012 [6]

Carr

32

M

65

Sigmoid

Incarceration

Laparoscopic high anterior resection + open biosynthetic hernioplasty

Laparoscopy + left groin

4

2013 [21]

Meniconi

33

F

78

Caecum

Incarceration

Open right hemicolectomy + herniorrhaphy

Midline laparotomy + right groin

NA

2013 [22]

Tan

34

M

63

Sigmoid

Perforation

Hartmann’s + herniorrhaphy

Midline laparotomy + left groin

10

2016 [23]

Kulasegaran

35

M

66

Sigmoid

Perforation + necrotising infection

Hartmann’s + debridement + staged skin graft

Left groin + midline laparotomy

NA

2016 [24]

Diao

36

M

48

Transverse colon

Perforation

Transverse colectomy + herniorrhaphy + orchidectomy + partial scrotectomy

Left groin

NA

2017 [25]

Sharma

37

M

84

Caecum

None

Open right hemicolectomy + herniorrhaphy

Right transverse

NA

2018

Current report

38

M

83

Ascending colon

Incarceration

Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy + laparoscopic defect closure

Laparoscopy

10

  1. LOS length of stay