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SPONTANEOUS PARACENTESIS FOLLOWING RUPTURE OF AN UMBILICAL HERNIA
Author(s) -
MacLellan Donald G.,
Watson Katrina J. R.,
Farrow Hamish C.,
Douglas Malcolm C.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1990.tb07427.x
Subject(s) - medicine , paracentesis , umbilical hernia , hernia , surgery , general surgery , ascites
Spontaneous paracentesis following a ruptured umbilical hernia is a rare but dramatic event. Only 58 cases have been recorded in the English language literature. We describe here the management and successful outcome of one such case with documented substantial paracentesis of approximately 11 L.