A remnant vitelline vessel detected and resected during laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in a 4-year-old girl

• Main Authors: Akio Kawami (Author), Toshiro Kimura (Author), Ryosuke Matsuoka (Author), Yuichiro Hayashi (Author), Yasushi Fuchimoto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We present the case of a 4-year-old girl in whom a vitelline vessel remnant (VVR) was incidentally detected and then resected during laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair. VVR can cause intestinal obstruction, which is sometimes fatal. There are few reports of asymptomatic VVR that are discovered inci...