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  • Title: Distant peritoneal metastasis to a mesh-plug prosthesis in a gastrointestinal cancer patient: report of a case.
    Author: Imai M, Kondo Y, Masuko H, Okada K, Osawa S, Ishizu H, Nishida Y, Hata T, Uemura K, Kina M, Honda S, Ishiyama G, Takahashi T, Hino A.
    Journal: Surg Today; 2003; 33(11):864-6. PubMed ID: 14605960.
    Abstract:
    A case of distant metastasis to mesh-plug prosthesis in gastrointestinal cancer is presented herein. An 88-year-old man had received mesh-plug repair with high ligation for a recurrence of a right inguinal hernia. Six months later, advanced gastric cancer and advanced transverse colon cancer were detected, and therefore a distal gastrectomy and partial colectomy were performed. Two weeks after the operation, the patient complained of right groin tenderness, and the mesh-plug prosthesis was removed to control any infection. A histopathological investigation demonstrated adenocarcinoma in the plug prosthesis. The patient died of carcinomatosis peritonei 45 days after the last operation.
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