Traumatic hernia of the abdominal wall after pelvic and acetabular fracture: a case report
Borens, O.; Fischer, J.F.; Bettschart, V.; Mouhsine, E.
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica 68(5): 542-545
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-6462 PMID: 12584987 Document Number: 551149
Traumatic hernia of the abdominal wall is a rare and easily missed injury in the presence of major pelvic and abdominal lesions. We present a radiographically documented case of combined pelvic and acetabular fracture with a major contralateral traumatic hernia with avulsion of the internal oblique, the external oblique and the transverse abdominal muscles diagnosed four months after the initial trauma. To our knowledge no similar case has been described in the current literature.