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We report the case of a white male who underwent a classic hemipelvectomy due to a femur fibrosarcoma with inguinal metastases, which 33 years later, developed into a posthemipelvectomy hernia in the amputation stump that impaired the use of his Canadian prosthesis. The hernia was repaired with a polypropylene mesh in a subaponeurotic position. A seroma was drained in the postoperative and it was only 2 months after the operation that he could use his prosthesis with any difficulty. A year after the operation, the hernia had not recurred. Only seven similar cases have been published, and there are only four cases with details of their correction, two with a mesh as was our case, and the rest with a primary suture of the aponeurotic borders. A brief review of the bibliography is given on this subject.
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Die Trill, J., Madrid, J.M.F., Ferrero, E. et al. Posthemipelvectomy hernia. Hernia 9, 375–377 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-005-0328-8
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