Acute Abdomen Secondary to Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia after Treatment of Massive Cirrhotic Ascites
Umbilical herniation is common in patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites. Rarely, they suffer from incarceration and strangulation of the umbilical hernia after treatment of ascites. We report 3 cases of umbilical hernia incarceration following removal of massive ascites with different treatment...
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| description | Umbilical herniation is common in patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites. Rarely, they suffer from incarceration and strangulation of the umbilical hernia after treatment of ascites. We report 3 cases of umbilical hernia incarceration following removal of massive ascites with different treatment modalities. Physicians managing this group of patients should be aware of this rare and potentially fatal complication. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-67aa259f12a34a2fa17fc306cabb61f42025-02-03T01:10:45ZengWileyCase Reports in Hepatology2090-65872090-65952013-01-01201310.1155/2013/948172948172Acute Abdomen Secondary to Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia after Treatment of Massive Cirrhotic AscitesHiang Keat Tan0Pik Eu Chang1Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, 169608, SingaporeDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, 169608, SingaporeUmbilical herniation is common in patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites. Rarely, they suffer from incarceration and strangulation of the umbilical hernia after treatment of ascites. We report 3 cases of umbilical hernia incarceration following removal of massive ascites with different treatment modalities. Physicians managing this group of patients should be aware of this rare and potentially fatal complication.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/948172 |
| spellingShingle | Hiang Keat Tan Pik Eu Chang Acute Abdomen Secondary to Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia after Treatment of Massive Cirrhotic Ascites Case Reports in Hepatology |
| title | Acute Abdomen Secondary to Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia after Treatment of Massive Cirrhotic Ascites |
| title_full | Acute Abdomen Secondary to Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia after Treatment of Massive Cirrhotic Ascites |
| title_fullStr | Acute Abdomen Secondary to Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia after Treatment of Massive Cirrhotic Ascites |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute Abdomen Secondary to Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia after Treatment of Massive Cirrhotic Ascites |
| title_short | Acute Abdomen Secondary to Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia after Treatment of Massive Cirrhotic Ascites |
| title_sort | acute abdomen secondary to incarcerated umbilical hernia after treatment of massive cirrhotic ascites |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/948172 |
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