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Repair of posterolateral ventral herniation caused by diabetic truncal neuropathy
R C Read1, W S Metzer, D Johnson
1Surgery Service, John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital, Little Rock, Ark 72205.
Surgery
|June 1, 1992
Abstract:
Abdominal pain caused by diabetic radiculopathy is uncommon, and abdominal hernia as a complication is rare. We report a case of abdominal wall herniation caused by diabetic truncal radiculopathy requiring surgical repair. Clinical and diagnostic features of this entity are reviewed.