Small bowel perforation due to blunt trauma to an inguinal hernia: a case report and literature review.
We report the case of a 41-year-old man with a known right inguinal hernia presenting with groin pain following a fall while dog walking. Operative findings showed a small bowel perforation affecting the loop of bowel in the hernial sac. Bowel perforations caused by blunt abdominal injury in patients with an inguinal hernia is a rare and not well recognised problem, and are confined to a handful of case reports in the surgical literature.
Department of General Surgery, Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln, LN2 5RH, UK. yousef.shahin@yahoo.co.uk
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D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*