A Case of Rare Complication of Inguinal Parietoplasty according to Lichtenstein: Entero Cutaneous Fistula

Abstract EN

Lichtenstein intervention is currently the classic model of the regulated treatment of inguinal hernias by direct local approach.

This “tension-free” technique satisfies both patients and practitioners.

However, it does not often evade severe complications of parietal surgery.

The authors report their treatment experience in rural Africa of a late enterocutaneous fistula which aggravated an inguinal hernia repair according to the Lichtenstein procedure.

Physiopathology, diagnosis, and treatment of that disease are analyzed in the light of literature.