Spontaneous evisceration of bowel through an umbilical hernia in a patient with refractory ascites

Umbilical hernia in the cirrhotic patient is frequently seen in the setting of refractory ascites. This article reports a rare case of spontaneous rupture of a recurrent umbilical hernia in a patient with persistent ascites, following an acute increase in intra-abdominal pressure, leading to bowel e...

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Autores principales: Ogu, Uchechukwu Stanley, Valko, Janice, Wilhelm, Jakub, Dy, Victor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24964319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjt073
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author Ogu, Uchechukwu Stanley
Valko, Janice
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description Umbilical hernia in the cirrhotic patient is frequently seen in the setting of refractory ascites. This article reports a rare case of spontaneous rupture of a recurrent umbilical hernia in a patient with persistent ascites, following an acute increase in intra-abdominal pressure, leading to bowel evisceration. This case highlights a potentially fatal complication of umbilical hernia in the setting of chronic ascites, which was successfully managed with prompt surgical intervention.
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spelling pubmed-38527972013-12-06 Spontaneous evisceration of bowel through an umbilical hernia in a patient with refractory ascites Ogu, Uchechukwu Stanley Valko, Janice Wilhelm, Jakub Dy, Victor J Surg Case Rep Case Reports Umbilical hernia in the cirrhotic patient is frequently seen in the setting of refractory ascites. This article reports a rare case of spontaneous rupture of a recurrent umbilical hernia in a patient with persistent ascites, following an acute increase in intra-abdominal pressure, leading to bowel evisceration. This case highlights a potentially fatal complication of umbilical hernia in the setting of chronic ascites, which was successfully managed with prompt surgical intervention. Oxford University Press 2013-10 2013-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3852797/ /pubmed/24964319 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjt073 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2013. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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title_full Spontaneous evisceration of bowel through an umbilical hernia in a patient with refractory ascites
title_fullStr Spontaneous evisceration of bowel through an umbilical hernia in a patient with refractory ascites
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title_short Spontaneous evisceration of bowel through an umbilical hernia in a patient with refractory ascites
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852797/
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