title: Traumatic abdominal wall hernia: a case report.
abstract: Traumatic abdominal wall hernias are rare injuries despite the high incidence of blunt abdominal traumas. The mechanism of this injury includes a sudden increase in intra-abdominal pressure and extensive shear forces applied to the abdominal wall. We report a case of traumatic hernia of the anterior abdominal wall in a 42-year-old woman presented with blunt injury of the upper abdomen. She was attacked by a bull. She had a clinically evident abdominal fascial disruption with intact skin and was hemodynamically stable. The presence of localized pain, bruising and a reducible swelling or a cough impulse suggested the diagnosis. An emergency mesh repair of the defect was performed, and she recovered well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, R.N.T. Medical College and Associated group of Hospitals, Udaipur, Rajasthan 313001 India.
authors.forename: Somendra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, R.N.T. Medical College and Associated group of Hospitals, Udaipur, Rajasthan 313001 India.
authors.forename: Kailash C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Vyas
keywords: Primary closure; Traumatic abdominal wall hernia