RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 An unusual outcome of a giant ventral hernia
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 983
OP 986
DO 10.15537/smj.2015.8.11559
VO 36
IS 8
A1 Waheed, Muhammad
A1 Alsenani, Mohammad
A1 Al-Akeely, Muhammad
A1 Al-Qahtani, Hamad
YR 2015
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/36/8/983.abstract
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.