title: Traumatic abdominal wall hernia secondary to handlebar injury: a case report.
abstract: A traumatic abdominal wall hernia (TAWH) caused by a handlebar collision is very rare. It is difficult for the emergency physician to exclude the possibility of mesenteric or intestinal injuries when viewing handlebar trauma. Because TAWH may have no other clinical symptoms, early recognition and differentiation from haematoma is important. An unusual case of TAWH caused by a handlebar injury is reported, where a multi-layer muscular defect was found along with a segment of incarcerated jejunum and omentum. The latest literature is reviewed, and valuable ideas on the management of blunt abdominal trauma with TAWH are shared.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Lin-Shin Medical Corporation, Lin-Shin Hospital, No. 36, Sec. 3, Hui-Chung Road, Nan-Tun District, Taichung 408, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hsu-Tung
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Chao-Te
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jenn-Perng
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: His-Fu
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Tsung-Hsing
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jian-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000209:etiology*; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009049:Motorcycles; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult