Coughing-induced bowel transection in a patient with an incarcerated inguinal hernia: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Although blunt trauma to a hernia-containing bowel is known to cause bowel perforation, this report documents the first incident of a small bowel transection following a non-traumatic event. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 49-year-old African American man with a chronic inca...

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Autores principales: Hakiman, Hekmat, DeLibero, Jana, Pham, Thai, Dineen, Sean, Huerta, Sergio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3582600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23414609
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-47

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