Diagnosis of an Inguinal Hernia after a Blunt Inguinal Trauma with an Intestinal Perforation

Introduction. Inguinal hernias are very common in men. A clinical exam can do the diagnosis easily. But bowel perforation inside an inguinal hernia caused by a directly blunt trauma is rare and can have important consequences. Up to now, there have been a few case reports that described blunt injury...

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Main Authors: Farès Moustafa, Julien Avouac, Marie-Aude Vaz, Jeannot Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/653847