Rare Case of Large Bowel Injury due to Direct Blunt Trauma to a Preexisting Femoral Hernia

We report a case of an 85-year-old man with a known asymptomatic left femoral hernia who was admitted to the emergency ward a few hours after falling from a bicycle and suffering from blunt trauma of the handlebar to the left inguinal region. The clinical findings and a computed tomography (CT) scan...

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Main Authors: C. Tinner, M. Odermatt, P. Villiger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5308027
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