(1) Department of General Surgery, Kartal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey;(2) Present address: Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue A30, Cleveland, OH 44195 , USA
Abstract:
We report on a patient with intestinal perforation caused by direct blunt trauma to the inguinal region. The patient had been previously diagnosed with an inguinal hernia. The perforation was managed surgically, and he subsequently underwent hernia repair. In our opinion, intestinal perforation caused by inguinal region trauma in patients with inguinal hernias is a rare and unfortunate situation but one that reveals the importance of inguinal hernia repair.
