"An unfortunate trip": small bowel perforation in a patient with an undiagnosed inguinal hernia following minor blunt trauma | Zendy

E. Jolly | Zendy; J. Bromilow | Zendy; A. Wood | Zendy

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"An unfortunate trip": small bowel perforation in a patient with an undiagnosed inguinal hernia following minor blunt trauma

Author(s) -

E. Jolly,

J. Bromilow,

A. Wood

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

bmj case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231

H-Index - 26

ISSN - 1757-790X

DOI - 10.1136/bcr.07.2009.2052

Subject(s) - medicine , blunt , laparotomy , surgery , abdominal trauma , blunt trauma , perforation , inguinal hernia , emergency department , general surgery , penetrating trauma , hernia , bowel resection , punching , materials science , psychiatry , metallurgy

Small bowel perforation due to blunt abdominal trauma associated with inguinal hernia is uncommon. An 80-year-old woman presented to the emergency department following a simple fall and had developed a traumatic perforation of the proximal ileum likely secondary to an undiagnosed inguinal hernia. Following this minor blunt trauma she recovered after an emergency laparotomy and bowel resection.

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