Sacrococcygeal hernia: a challenge for the coloproctologist

Sacrococcygeal hernia consists of the protrusion of abdominal and pelvic structures through the sacrococcygeal region, an uncommom complication of coccygectomy and sacral coccygectomy. Its surgical treatment is based on perineal hernia repair, by means of abdominal, perineal or abdominoperineal access. Perineal (local or sacrococcygeal) access avoids the laparotomy morbidity and is indicated to patients that are not exposed to radiation or those who had not undergone oncological surgery, allowing local tissue to reconstruct, as in myocutaneous advancement flaps, associated or not to prosthetic mesh, because of the low complication rates and favourable outcomes. The aim of this article is to report the case of a female patient who had undergone sacral coccygectomy due to refractory coccygodynia and developed a symptomatic sacrococcygeal hernia. She underwent polytetrafluoroethylene mesh herniorrhaphy followed by soft tissue closure and gluteal myocutaneous V-Y advancement flap. The authors emphasize technical details and the difficulty of the procedure itself. After three years of follow-up, no recurrence was found.

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Main Authors:	Miranda,Eron Fábio, Froehner Junior,Ilario, Steckert,Juliana Stradiotto, Freitas,Cristiano Denoni, Martins,Juliana Ferreira, Kotze,Paulo Gustavo
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Coloproctologia 2012
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-93632012000400010
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