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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2011-7582</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Cirugía]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[rev. colomb. cir.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2011-7582</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Colombiana de Cirugía]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2011-75822021000100150</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.30944/20117582.463</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Hernia de Amyand tipo 2: apendicectomía y hernioplastia con malla de baja densidad]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Amyand&#8217;s hernia type 2: appendectomy and hernioplasty with low density mesh]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vélez-Bernal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez-Buitrago]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Sebastián]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-Mendieta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Leidy Carolina]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González-Díaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Cristina Estefanía]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Central de la Policía Nacional  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Central de la Policía Nacional  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,UDCA  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Central de la Policía Nacional  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>36</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>150</fpage>
<lpage>154</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2011-75822021000100150&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2011-75822021000100150&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2011-75822021000100150&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La incidencia de las hernias inguinales en Colombia es de aproximadamente 15 por cada 1000 habitantes, y el riesgo de presentar una hernia inguinal durante la vida es del 27 % en hombres y del 3 % en mujeres. Existen presentaciones poco frecuentes como la hernia de Amyand que consiste en la protrusión del apéndice cecal, inflamada o no, dentro del contenido del saco herniario. A nivel global, tiene una incidencia del 0,13 % al 1 % y su tratamiento se realiza basándose en la clasificación de Losanoff y Basson. Sin embargo, una de las controversias aún existentes respecto al manejo quirúrgico, es la indicación del uso o no de mallas al momento de realizar la hernioplastia y el resultado final del mismo, así que este es el punto donde se centra la revisión de nuestro artículo. Se presenta el caso de un paciente de 79 años con una hernia de Amyand tipo 2, a quien se le practicó hernioplastia con malla de baja densidad absorbible, con adecuada evolución posquirúrgica.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The incidence of inguinal hernias in Colombia is approximately 15 per 1000 inhabitants, and the risk of presenting an inguinal hernia during life is 27% in men and 3% in women. There are rare presentations such as Amyand&#8217;s hernia, which consists of the protrusion of the cecal appendix, inflamed or not, within the content of the hernial sac. At a global level, it has an incidence of 0.13% to 1% and its treatment is based on the Losanoff and Basson classification. However, one of the still existing controversies regarding surgical management is the indication of the use or not of meshes at the time of performing the hernioplasty, and the final result of it, this is the point where the review of our article focuses. We present the case of a 79-year-old patient with a type 2 Amyand hernia who underwent hernioplasty with a low-density absorbable mesh, with adequate postoperative evolution.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[hernia inguinal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[hernia de Amyand]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[apendicectomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[herniorrafia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[prótesis e implantes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[hernia, inguinal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Amyand´s hernia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[appendectomy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[herniorrhaphy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[prostheses and implants]]></kwd>
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