Evisceration secondary to blunt trauma: occurrence through an incisional hernia

Knott, L.H.; Neely, W.A.

Journal of Trauma 20(11): 1001-1002

1980


ISSN/ISBN: 0022-5282
PMID: 7431443
Document Number: 165786
We present a case of evisceration of the stomach, small bowel, and colon through an old incisional hernia in a 75-year old woman following blunt automobile trauma to the abdomen. Following routine surgical closure and debridement of excess skin the patient recovered uneventfully with no recurrence of the hernia.

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