Handlebar Hernia: A Rare Type of Abdominal Wall Hernia

Handlebar hernias are abdominal wall hernias resulting from direct trauma to the anterior abdominal wall. They usually result at weak anatomic locations of the abdominal wall. Such traumatic hernias are rare, requiring a high index of suspicion for a clinical diagnosis. We report the case of a handl...

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Autores principales: Hassan, Khairi A. F., Elsharawy, Mohamed A., Moghazy, Khaled, AlQurain, Abdulaziz
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19568493
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.37805
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author Hassan, Khairi A. F.
Elsharawy, Mohamed A.
Moghazy, Khaled
AlQurain, Abdulaziz
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description Handlebar hernias are abdominal wall hernias resulting from direct trauma to the anterior abdominal wall. They usually result at weak anatomic locations of the abdominal wall. Such traumatic hernias are rare, requiring a high index of suspicion for a clinical diagnosis. We report the case of a handlebar hernia resulting from an injury sustained during a vehicular injury, and discuss the management of such injuries.
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spelling pubmed-27028862009-06-30 Handlebar Hernia: A Rare Type of Abdominal Wall Hernia Hassan, Khairi A. F. Elsharawy, Mohamed A. Moghazy, Khaled AlQurain, Abdulaziz Saudi J Gastroenterol Case Report Handlebar hernias are abdominal wall hernias resulting from direct trauma to the anterior abdominal wall. They usually result at weak anatomic locations of the abdominal wall. Such traumatic hernias are rare, requiring a high index of suspicion for a clinical diagnosis. We report the case of a handlebar hernia resulting from an injury sustained during a vehicular injury, and discuss the management of such injuries. Medknow Publications 2008-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2702886/ /pubmed/19568493 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.37805 Text en © Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Hassan, Khairi A. F.
Elsharawy, Mohamed A.
Moghazy, Khaled
AlQurain, Abdulaziz
Handlebar Hernia: A Rare Type of Abdominal Wall Hernia
title Handlebar Hernia: A Rare Type of Abdominal Wall Hernia
title_full Handlebar Hernia: A Rare Type of Abdominal Wall Hernia
title_fullStr Handlebar Hernia: A Rare Type of Abdominal Wall Hernia
title_full_unstemmed Handlebar Hernia: A Rare Type of Abdominal Wall Hernia
title_short Handlebar Hernia: A Rare Type of Abdominal Wall Hernia
title_sort handlebar hernia: a rare type of abdominal wall hernia
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19568493
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.37805
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