Traumatic ventral abdominal hernia associated with small bowel gangrene: case report
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Use of a Rat Model to Study Ventral Abdominal Hernia Repair
Published on: October 2, 2017
I S Gill1, B Toursarkissian, S B Johnson
1Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington.
Abstract:
A rare case is presented of traumatic subcutaneous rupture of the rectus abdominis with ventral herniation and decollement of the jejunum and transverse colon. Irreversible ischemia of the small bowel had occurred following a large mesenteric avulsion. Computed tomographic scanning detected the parietal defect and identified the herniating viscera.
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