Thermal burns with injury to the intestine in a congenital hernia sac.
It is unusual to have a bowel injury in association with thermal injury. It is even rarer to encounter a patient with cerebral palsy and thermal injury to an intestinal loop in a congenital hernia sac. A case report of such a child is presented and the management is discussed.
Noronha
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Department of Surgery, LTM Medical College Hospital, Sion, Bombay, India.
Gore
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D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000293:injuries; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000293:injuries*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum / Q000293:injuries*