Handlebar hernia: case report and review of pediatric cases.
The authors describe a rare case of handlebar hernia in a 9-year-old-boy. All layers of his abdominal wall were disrupted by a fall on a bicycle; however, his skin and intra-abdominal organs were completely intact. Computed tomography demonstrated subcutaneous intestinal loops protruding through the rent. Surgical repair was performed, and his postoperative course was uneventful.
Department of Surgery II, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Onohigashi, Osakasayama 589-8511, Japan.
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Kubota
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Shono
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Yonekura
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Hoki
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Asano
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Hirooka
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Kosumi
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Kato
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Oyanagi
D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000293:injuries*; D000058:Accidental Falls; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries*; D002648:Child; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010173:Palpation; D011859:Radiography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery