What We Know About Management of Traumatic Abdominal Wall Hernia: Review of the Literature and Case Report | Zendy

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What We Know About Management of Traumatic Abdominal Wall Hernia: Review of the Literature and Case Report

Author(s) -

Alireza Hamidian Jahromi,

Justin Skweres,

Guillermo Sangster,

Lester W. Johnson,

Navdeep S. Samra

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

international surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.132

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 2520-2456

pISSN - 0020-8868

DOI - 10.9738/intsurg-d-13-00239.1

Subject(s) - medicine , blunt , hernia , fascia , abdominal wall , general surgery , abdominal trauma , modalities , surgery , treatment modality , radiology , social science , sociology

Traumatic abdominal wall hernia (TAWH) is an uncommon form of hernia caused by blunt traumatic disruption of the abdominal wall musculature/fascia and abdominal organ herniation. Diagnosis of TAWH is challenging and requires a high level of suspicion. This form of hernia seems to be underrepresented in the English-language medical literature. There is currently no consensus on the optimal management for TAWH. In this article, we discuss the management of a 36-year-old motorcycle driver who was involved in a road traffic accident. On evaluation at our trauma center, he was found to have TAWH. Diagnostic criteria, imaging modalities and different management options for TAWH will be discussed.

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