ORIGINAL RESEARCH
J. Abdom. Wall Surg.
ULTRASOUND STUDY OF TROCAR SITE HERNIA AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY: MEDIUM AND LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP
- EL
Emilio López-Negrete Cueto 1
- AS
Aida Suárez 1
- JL
Jose Luis Rodicio 2
- SA
Sonia Amoza 2
- MM
María Moreno 1
- SN
Sandra Navarro 1
- TV
Tamara Vico 1
- PN
Pablo Noriega 1
- AM
Ana Montes 1
- LS
Lourdes Sanz 1
1. Central University Hospital of Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
2. Hospital de Cabuenes, Gijón, Spain
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Abstract
Introduction: Patients undergoing bariatric surgery have comorbidities and risk factors which favour incisional hernias. Bladeless trocars are safe and not very harmful, being the preferred choice without port closure. The objective of this study is to evaluate the true occurrence of trocar hernias (trocar site hernia) in these patients in medium and long term.We made an observational, descriptive, longitudinal, and retrospective study in patients who underwent bariatric surgery by laparoscopy with 12mm bladeless trocars without fascial closure. We selected patients who agreed to participate in the study between January 2015 and July 2016. We also collected data on risk factors, pain scale, and ultrasound of port-site by an expert radiologist in 2018 and 2022.Results: In the first period 45 patients were included, with a mean age of 49.9 years and an initial BMI of 45.5kg/m². Most of them (88.9%) were operated by gastric bypass. Forty-five abdominal wall ultrasounds were performed in 2018 with findings of 7 trocar site hernia for a total of 185 explored ports (3.8%), all of them in the epigastric port (p<0.001) and asymptomatic. In 2022, 32 2 ultrasound detected 7 trocar site hernia (4.4%), 3 new and 4 knowns, with 2 symptomatic patients at the trocar site hernia with mild symptoms not consulted.The incidence of trocar hernia in the medium and long term in postoperative bariatric surgery with 12mm bladeless trocars without fascial closure is low, all of them being in the midline and paucity of symptoms. Our primary approach involves abstaining from closing the transmuscular accesses, deeming it unnecessary, while evaluating the closure or lateralization of the midline trocar.
Summary
Keywords
laparoscopy, Trocar site hernia, bariatric surgery, ultrasound, Bladeless trocar
Received
31 May 2025
Accepted
16 July 2025
Copyright
© 2025 López-Negrete Cueto, Suárez, Rodicio, Amoza, Moreno, Navarro, Vico, Noriega, Montes and Sanz. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
*Correspondence: Emilio López-Negrete Cueto, emiliolopeznegrete@gmail.com
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