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Small bowel perforation due to blunt trauma to an inguinal hernia: a case report and literature review

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We report the case of a 41-year-old man with a known right inguinal hernia presenting with groin pain following a fall while dog walking. Operative findings showed a small bowel perforation affecting the loop of bowel in the hernial sac. Bowel perforations caused by blunt abdominal injury in patients with an inguinal hernia is a rare and not well recognised problem, and are confined to a handful of case reports in the surgical literature.

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln, LN2 5RH, UK

    Y. Shahin

  2. Department of General Surgery, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, UK

    G. Sahota, A. Hotouras, A. Agarwal & G. Tierney

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Shahin, Y., Sahota, G., Hotouras, A. et al. Small bowel perforation due to blunt trauma to an inguinal hernia: a case report and literature review. Hernia 16, 349–350 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-010-0755-z

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