Case report of traumatic abdominal wall hernia following blunt motorcycle handlebar injury and review of the literature.
A 25-year-old man, riding a motorcycle, rammed into a moving car at a T junction and sustained a blunt lower-right abdominal injury with the handlebar of his motorbike. He developed a swelling at the point of impact for which he presented in hospital 10 days later. Clinical assessment revealed a healthy young man with a soft, nontender reducible swelling over the lateral half of the right inguinal area. A diagnosis of acute traumatic hernia was made. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed a wide-necked defect in the anterior abdominal wall over the right inguinal area with protruding bowel loops beneath an intact skin. He was planned for herniorrhaphy but has defaulted since then.
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
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D034861:Abdominal Wall; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009049:Motorcycles; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*