title: "An unfortunate trip": small bowel perforation in a patient with an undiagnosed inguinal hernia following minor blunt trauma.
abstract: Small bowel perforation due to blunt abdominal trauma associated with inguinal hernia is uncommon. An 80-year-old woman presented to the emergency department following a simple fall and had developed a traumatic perforation of the proximal ileum likely secondary to an undiagnosed inguinal hernia. Following this minor blunt trauma she recovered after an emergency laparotomy and bowel resection.
authors.affiliation: Poole General Hospital, Longfleet Road, Poole, BH15 2JB, UK.
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authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jolly
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bromilow
authors.forename: Angus
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wood
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