title: Blunt traumatic rupture of the abdominal wall musculature.
abstract: Only 38 cases of blunt traumatic rupture of the anterior abdominal wall musculature have been described in the literature to date. We describe a patient who sustained a complete transection of the right and a partial disruption of the left rectus abdominis muscle as well as multiple associated injuries secondary to blunt, crushing trauma. Postoperatively, he experienced several complications and developed a ventral and right flank hernia. The former was repaired with a rectus abdominis muscle flap and polypropylene mesh. The flank hernia was initially repaired with polypropylene mesh and a recurrence was repaired with latissimus dorsi fascia.
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012421:Rupture; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*