Abstract

Inguinal bladder hernia (IBH), is a rare event in which the urinary bladder herniates into the inguinal canal. It can be only a bladder diverticulum or a large part of it. Its incidence is reported from 1 to 4% predominantly in older men. They are difficult to diagnose preoperatively because in many cases, the patients are asymptomatic or their symptoms are imputed to prostate disease. Most of them are repaired by an open approach, but there are some reports of laparoscopic repair. This report presents a case of modified Stoppa transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) laparoscopic approach, to repair a large direct inguinal bladder hernia and a big inguinoscrotal contralateral bowel hernia.

Keywords

bladder hernia, inguinal hernia, inguinoscrotal hernia, laparoscopy, tapp repair, stoppa repair