title: A gut-wrenching feeling: pregnancy complicated by massive ventral hernia with bowel obstruction.
abstract: A 44 year old G4P3 presents with massive hernia recurrence and bowel obstruction. Her symptoms resolve with conservative management, and she is delivered by cesarean section at term with herniorrhaphy performed 10 weeks postpartum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA.
authors.forename: Allison E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Serra
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA.
authors.forename: Judith H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: computed tomography; hernia; pregnancy; small bowel obstruction