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Acute traumatic abdominal wall hernia—value of the physical examination: case report

Acute traumatic abdominal wall hernia (TAWH) is a rare type of hernia that occurs after a low or high velocity impact of the abdominal wall against a blunt object with few cases reported. Perforations of the hollow viscera commonly follow abdominal trauma and likely require surgery for hemorrhage an...

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Autores principales: Hernandez Cervantes, Barbara Yordanis, Martínez Lopez, Duniesky, Guzman Lambert, Radisnay, Rodríguez Gonzalez, Mariuska, Meah, Mary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8301642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34316351
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab314
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author Hernandez Cervantes, Barbara Yordanis
Martínez Lopez, Duniesky
Guzman Lambert, Radisnay
Rodríguez Gonzalez, Mariuska
Meah, Mary
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description Acute traumatic abdominal wall hernia (TAWH) is a rare type of hernia that occurs after a low or high velocity impact of the abdominal wall against a blunt object with few cases reported. Perforations of the hollow viscera commonly follow abdominal trauma and likely require surgery for hemorrhage and sepsis source control. We report a case where a high velocity impact of the abdominal wall against the stump of a felled tree caused a TAWH with concomitant gastric perforation in a 20-year-old male patient who required exploratory laparotomy with primary repair of the stomach and fascia. The physical examination findings without previous history of abdominal hernia and pneumoperitoneum in the chest X-ray made suspect our diagnosis and it was confirmed intraoperatively. At 3 months postoperatively the patient has a strong abdominal wall. It is imperative to emphasize the importance of the physical examination goal of not losing diagnosis of TAWH.
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spelling pubmed-83016422021-07-26 Acute traumatic abdominal wall hernia—value of the physical examination: case report Hernandez Cervantes, Barbara Yordanis Martínez Lopez, Duniesky Guzman Lambert, Radisnay Rodríguez Gonzalez, Mariuska Meah, Mary J Surg Case Rep Case Report Acute traumatic abdominal wall hernia (TAWH) is a rare type of hernia that occurs after a low or high velocity impact of the abdominal wall against a blunt object with few cases reported. Perforations of the hollow viscera commonly follow abdominal trauma and likely require surgery for hemorrhage and sepsis source control. We report a case where a high velocity impact of the abdominal wall against the stump of a felled tree caused a TAWH with concomitant gastric perforation in a 20-year-old male patient who required exploratory laparotomy with primary repair of the stomach and fascia. The physical examination findings without previous history of abdominal hernia and pneumoperitoneum in the chest X-ray made suspect our diagnosis and it was confirmed intraoperatively. At 3 months postoperatively the patient has a strong abdominal wall. It is imperative to emphasize the importance of the physical examination goal of not losing diagnosis of TAWH. Oxford University Press 2021-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8301642/ /pubmed/34316351 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab314 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. © The Author(s) 2021. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Guzman Lambert, Radisnay
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8301642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34316351
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab314
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