PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Waheed, Muhammad
AU  - Alsenani, Mohammad
AU  - Al-Akeely, Muhammad
AU  - Al-Qahtani, Hamad
TI  - An unusual outcome of a giant ventral hernia
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2015.8.11559
DP  - 2015 Aug 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 983--986
VI  - 36
IP  - 8
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/36/8/983.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/36/8/983.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2015 Aug 01; 36
AB  - Hernias are routine general surgical problems that may present in any age group, regardless of the patient’s socioeconomic status. We present a rare case of a complicated ventral hernia leading to short bowel. This is an unusual case and is very rarely reported in the literature. This current case report describes a 54-year-old gentleman who presented to the hospital with a giant strangulated ventral hernia causing massive bowel ischemia and resulting in a short bowel. The literature on large abdominal wall hernias leading to short bowel is reviewed, and a discussion on short bowel syndrome is also presented.