1. Intestinal obstruction caused by intraoperative mass reduction of an incarcerated inguinal hernia—Report of a case 
Shih-Chung Wu, Chih-Chi Wang, Shyr-Ming Sheen-Chen 
International Journal of Surgery 
Volume 6, Issue 6, Pages e103-e105 (December 2008)
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2. Figure 1
(A and B) Preoperative computed tomography (CT) scan showed severe gastric distension, diffuse small bowel dilatation and collapse of the ascending and descending colon, suggestive of mechanical causes of intestinal obstruction. (C and D) An abnormal mass (arrow) was located just beneath the right internal inguinal ring. Note that the terminal small bowel abnormally shifted into the right anterior pelvic cavity due to the mass anchored to the anterior peritoneum.
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3. Figure 2
Intraoperative findings. (A) Surgical exploration revealed a hard mass (incarcerated bowel loop) extraperitoneally located at the right anterior pelvis, just beneath the right inguinal internal ring. This bowel incarceration resulted in proximal dilatation and distal collapse of the bowel. (B) The incarcerated bowel loop was freed and deprived of the overlying hernia sac; it showed hypertrophic wall thickening and luminal stenosis. Note the remnant of the hernia sac (arrow). (C) The resected incarcerated ileal loop measured 3 inches in length, and showed smooth surface, with no evidence of adhesion.
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