Traumatic abdominal wall hernias following high-velocity trauma in children

Traumatic abdominal wall hernias following blunt high-velocity trauma are uncommon in children and can result in concurrent abdominal visceral injuries. We present one such case of a 9 year-old boy requiring a trauma laparotomy to repair visceral injuries following a motor vehicle accident.

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Main Authors: Rakesh Quinn, Susan Jehangir, Michael Collin, S V S Soundappan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
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Online Access:http://www.jiaps.com/article.asp?issn=0971-9261;year=2020;volume=25;issue=3;spage=169;epage=171;aulast=Quinn
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spelling doaj-935190ebe0e0446999824f888725e74d2020-11-25T02:28:24ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons0971-92611998-38912020-01-0125316917110.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_33_19Traumatic abdominal wall hernias following high-velocity trauma in childrenRakesh QuinnSusan JehangirMichael CollinS V S SoundappanTraumatic abdominal wall hernias following blunt high-velocity trauma are uncommon in children and can result in concurrent abdominal visceral injuries. We present one such case of a 9 year-old boy requiring a trauma laparotomy to repair visceral injuries following a motor vehicle accident.http://www.jiaps.com/article.asp?issn=0971-9261;year=2020;volume=25;issue=3;spage=169;epage=171;aulast=Quinnabdominal wall herniapediatricstraumatic abdominal wall hernia
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author Rakesh Quinn
Susan Jehangir
Michael Collin
S V S Soundappan
spellingShingle Rakesh Quinn
Susan Jehangir
Michael Collin
S V S Soundappan
Traumatic abdominal wall hernias following high-velocity trauma in children
Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
abdominal wall hernia
pediatrics
traumatic abdominal wall hernia
author_facet Rakesh Quinn
Susan Jehangir
Michael Collin
S V S Soundappan
author_sort Rakesh Quinn
title Traumatic abdominal wall hernias following high-velocity trauma in children
title_short Traumatic abdominal wall hernias following high-velocity trauma in children
title_full Traumatic abdominal wall hernias following high-velocity trauma in children
title_fullStr Traumatic abdominal wall hernias following high-velocity trauma in children
title_full_unstemmed Traumatic abdominal wall hernias following high-velocity trauma in children
title_sort traumatic abdominal wall hernias following high-velocity trauma in children
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
issn 0971-9261
1998-3891
publishDate 2020-01-01
description Traumatic abdominal wall hernias following blunt high-velocity trauma are uncommon in children and can result in concurrent abdominal visceral injuries. We present one such case of a 9 year-old boy requiring a trauma laparotomy to repair visceral injuries following a motor vehicle accident.
topic abdominal wall hernia
pediatrics
traumatic abdominal wall hernia
url http://www.jiaps.com/article.asp?issn=0971-9261;year=2020;volume=25;issue=3;spage=169;epage=171;aulast=Quinn
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