Abdominal intercostal hernia: a rare complication after blunt trauma.

Authors

Phi D Nguyen, B.A., Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Michael J. Pucci, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Jay S. Jenoff, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Scott W. Cowan, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Presentation Date

11-1-2013

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This article was published in The American Surgeon Volume 79, Issue 11, November 2013, Pages e324-e325.

The published version is available at PMID: 24165237 . Copyright © Ingenta

Abstract

Abdominal intercostal hernia (AIH) is uncommonly reported in the literature with only 20 cases reported to date.1–3 We report a case of a delayed incarcerated AIH secondary to blunt trauma from a motor vehicle accident in which the colon and diaphragm herniated through an associated chest defect that was repaired successfully through a transabdominal approach using primary repair of the defect in combination with onlay porcine patch reinforcement.

Recommended Citation

Nguyen, B.A., Phi D; Pucci, MD, Michael J.; Jenoff, MD, Jay S.; and Cowan, MD, Scott W., "Abdominal intercostal hernia: a rare complication after blunt trauma." (2013). Department of Surgery Gibbon Society Historical Profiles. Paper 19.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/gibbonsocietyprofiles/19