title: [Traumatic abdominal wall hernia].
abstract: Traumatic abdominal wall hernias are rare. We describe a case of a handlebar hernia which was initially misinterpreted as a rectus haematoma, and consequently the patient was discharged without any treatment. The patient was admitted two days after with severe pain and computed tomography showed a defect in the abdominal wall. The patient underwent laparoscopic hernial repair with a Goretex mesh after some weeks when the primary tissue damage had subsided.
authors.affiliation: Kirurgisk Afdeling D, Glostrup Hospital, 2600 Glostrup, Denmark. docwawa@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Waseem A Ghulam
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: El-Charnoubi
authors.forename: Jais Oliver
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: Steffen Jais
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Rosenstock
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis; D055815:Young Adult