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Fig. 2

From: Multidetector CT of expected findings and early postoperative complications after current techniques for ventral hernia repair

Fig. 2

Usual imaging appearance of expanded polytetrafluorethylene (ePTFE) PM following recent laparoscopic repair of a ventral incisional hernia in a 70-year-old overweight male, suffering from postoperative abdominal pain and vomiting. Axial (a), sagittal (b) contrast-enhanced CT images and coronal maximum-intensity projection (MIP) reconstruction (c) showed the moderately hyperattenuating PM (thin arrows), fixed by metallic sutures, without abnormal collections. Note distended small bowel loops (*) with intraluminal fluid consistent with clinical diagnosis of postoperative intestinal obstruction, which required laparotomic surgery including redo hernia repair

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