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Case Reports
. 2022 May 27;2022(5):rjac240.
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjac240. eCollection 2022 May.

Traumatic inferior lumbar hernia

Niyaz Baig  1 , Hassan Elberm  1 , Patrick Warren  1
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Case Reports

Traumatic inferior lumbar hernia

Niyaz Baig et al. J Surg Case Rep. .

Abstract

Traumatic lumbar hernias are rare, with little surgical literature describing their management. In this we report about a 41-year-old patient admitted to University Hospital Southampton following a high velocity road traffic collision, of estimated speed 140 mph. He suffered multiple bony injuries, and a traumatic right inferior lumbar hernia containing the ascending colon. The hernia was surgically repaired extra-peritoneally with mesh and abdominal wall muscles approximated and sutured.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Axial view of the CT demonstrates the tear in the rectus muscle (blue arrow). Inferior lumbar hernia can be clearly demonstrated, above the iliac crest (red arrow).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Sagittal view demonstrates the inferior lumbar hernia (red arrow).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Coronal view showcases the inferior lumbar hernia above the iliac crest (red arrow).
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