Colonoscopic removal of inguinal hernia mesh: report of a case and literature review.

The transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) procedure for laparoscopic inguinal hernia mesh repair is being applied with increasing frequency. This technique has an acceptable recurrence rate (0.4–3.9 %), but has varying complication rates (1.3–17.4 %).1,2 We report the first case of mesh penetration of the colon following laparoscopic TAPP repair, treated with colonoscopy.