Title PageTitle: An unusual case of ileitis and partial small bowel obstruction secondary to mesh erosion after totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repairAuthors: Pranesh de Silva MChD1,2*, Joseph Do Woong Choi FRACS1,3*, Craig Lynch FRACS1,2, Stephen Pillinger FRACS1,2, Saurabh Gupta FRACP1,2, Praveen Ravindran FRACS1,2Affiliations: 1Sydney Adventist Hospital, Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia; 2Australian National University College of Health and Medicine, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; 3The University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;* PD and JC are joint first authors with equal contribution.Corresponding Author: Dr Joseph Do Woong Choi; E: joseph.choi@sydney.edu.au; Ph: +61 9480 9111Author declarations: All authors made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition of data; or the creation of new software used in the work; All authors drafted the work or revised it critically for important intellectual content; All authors approved the version to be published; All authors agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.Statements and Declarations: There are no conflict of interest, or declarations to report. The patient has provided consent to publish this case report.Funding declaration: The authors do not have any funding sources to declare for this manuscript.