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Massive non-incisional abdominal wall hernia caused by abdominal wall weakness resulting from childhood radiation
Tatsuya Ichida1, Yuki Otsuki2, Koichi Ueda2
1Department of Plastic Surgery, Ueyama Hospital, Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan.
Case Reports in Plastic Surgery & Hand Surgery
|May 9, 2022
Abstract:
Huge abdominal wall hernias after radiation therapy in the absence of any previous surgical incisions or trauma are rare and, to the best of our knowledge, have not previously been reported. we report a patient with a massive hernia caused by abdominal wall weakness resulting from childhood radiation therapy.
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