title: Handlebar hernia: traumatic abdominal wall hernia with multiple enterotomies. A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Handlebar hernia, caused by low-energy impact against a handlebar, is a localized abdominal wall hernia that is blunt enough not to penetrate the skin but severe enough to cause the disruption of abdominal wall musculature. In 1964, Roberts (Br J Surg 1964;51:153) reported the first case of a traumatic abdominal wall hernia that occurred in a 9-year-old boy after a fall upon a bicycle handle. Since then, 12 other cases have been reported. To the best of our knowledge, the case described here is the first documented case of an incarcerated handlebar hernia associated with a small bowel perforation and mesenteric disruption.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554, USA.
authors.forename: Ludmila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Haimovici
authors.forename: Sotirios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Papafragkou
authors.forename: Edmund
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Angus
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries*; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed