A rare presentation of delayed traumatic lumbar hernia after motor vehicle collision

Richard B Nguyen; Aakash A Trivedi; James Y Yang; Aakash A Anand; Jamshed Zuberi; Benjamin Rebein

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjac188

A rare presentation of delayed traumatic lumbar hernia after motor vehicle collision

J Surg Case Rep. 2022 May 31;2022(5):rjac188. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjac188. eCollection 2022 May.

Authors

Richard B Nguyen¹, Aakash A Trivedi², James Y Yang², Aakash A Anand¹, Jamshed Zuberi², Benjamin Rebein²

Affiliations

¹ General Surgery, St. George's University School of Medicine, Paterson, NY, USA.
² General Surgery, St. Joseph's University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA.

Abstract

Traumatic abdominal wall hernia is defined as protrusion of bowel or an abdominal organ through a disruption of musculature and fascia following a severe blunt trauma. We report a case of a patient who had a delayed presentation of a traumatic, superiorly located paralumbar hernia months after the initial admission.

Keywords: delayed; hernia; lumbar; traumatic.

Publication types

Case Reports