Incarcerated small bowel within a spontaneous lumbar hernia

Lumbar hernias are rare, resulting from protrusion through the posterior abdominal wall that may be congenital, acquired or spontaneous. They very rarely present with acute bowel obstruction. We present a case of incarcerated small bowel within a spontaneous inferior (Petit’s) lumbar hernia, treated...

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Published in:	Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery Vol. 14; no. 5; pp. 539 - 541
Main Authors:	Teo, K. A. T., Burns, E., Garcea, G., Abela, J. E., McKay, C. J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Paris Springer-Verlag 01.10.2010 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Abdominal Surgery Aged Case Report Diagnosis, Differential Female Follow-Up Studies Hernia, Ventral - complications Hernia, Ventral - diagnostic imaging Hernia, Ventral - surgery Humans Intestinal Obstruction - diagnostic imaging Intestinal Obstruction - etiology Intestinal Obstruction - surgery Intestine, Small Laparotomy - methods Lumbosacral Region Medicine Medicine & Public Health Surgical Mesh Tomography, X-Ray Computed Hernia Lumbar Repair Spontaneous
ISSN:	1265-4906, 1248-9204, 1248-9204
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