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"question": "For a patient with a large right inguinal hernia containing bowel, urinary difficulty, constipation, absent distal inferior vena cava and common iliac vessels with extensive subcutaneous varicosities (particularly in the right groin and anterior abdominal wall), significant collateralization within pelvic and internal iliac systems, and prior unprovoked deep vein thromboses, which specialist—an upper gastrointestinal surgeon or a colorectal surgeon—is most appropriate for repair given the significant bleeding risk from varicosities overlying the typical incision site for open inguinal hernia repair, and is abdominal wall reconstruction required?"
}For a patient with a large right inguinal hernia containing bowel, urinary difficulty, constipation, absent distal inferior vena cava and common iliac vessels with extensive subcutaneous varicosities and prior unprovoked deep vein thromboses, which specialist—an upper gastrointestinal surgeon or a colorectal surgeon—is most appropriate for repair, and is abdominal wall reconstruction required?
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