Incisional mesh hernioplasty following spontaneous stoma closure: A case report

Table 1 Summary of reported cases of spontaneous stoma closure

Ref.	Year	Age (years)	Gender	Original pathology	Primary surgery	Type of stoma	Treatment plan after stoma surgery	Time to closure	Treatment plan after stoma closure
Saxena et al[21]	2015	26	F	Tubercular perforation of terminal ileum	Mesenteric lymph node biopsy and loop ileostomy	Loop ileostomy	Antitubercular treatment	6 months	Observe
Pandit et al[22]	2016	64	M	Perforation at the rectosigmoid junction	Perforation repair and proximal sigmoid loop colostomy	Sigmoid loop colostomy	N/A	3 weeks	Observe
Pandit et al[22]	2016	45	M	Rectal adenocarcinoma	Laparoscopic low anterior resection with covering loop ileostomy	Loop ileostomy	Chemoradiotherapy	6 weeks	Observe
Alyami et al[16]	2016	65	F	Colon adenocarcinoma	En bloc total colectomy, hysterectomy, and bilateral salpingoophorectomy, side-to-end stapled ileorectal anastomosis and loop ileostomy	Loop ileostomy	Chemotherapy	10 weeks, 18 weeks1	Observe
Saxena et al[10]	2022	18	F	Ileal perforation	Histopathological examination and loop ileostomy at the perforation site	Loop ileostomy	N/A	4 months	Observe
Thota et al[17]	2022	42	M	Hirschsprung’s disease	Duhamel procedure	Loop sigmoid colostomy	N/A	8 weeks	Diverticulum resection and anatomical repair
Albandar and Fatani[15]	2024	67	F	Adenocarcinoma of splenic flexure	Total colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis and a diverting loop ileostomy	Loop ileostomy	Chemoradiotherapy	6 months	Resection of the closed stoma and a side-to-side anastomosis
Present case	2025	56	M	Car accident injury	Partial small intestinal resection and transverse loop colostomy	Transverse loop colostomy	N/A	6 months	Mesh hernioplasty

¹This patient’s stoma reopened temporarily after 10 weeks and closed definitively at 18 weeks.

F: Female; M: Male; N/A: Not applicable.