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Neglected Incisional Hernia Becomes a Life-Threatening Emergency: A Case Report

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Although complications are common following abdominal surgeries, the nontraumatic spontaneous rupture and obstruction with skin gangrene of an incisional hernia leading to bowel evisceration is unusual. This report describes the case of a 40-year-old female with a long-standing incisional hernia that presented as a spontaneous evisceration of an obstructed bowel with evidence of skin rupture and gangrene. She was managed with an emergency laparotomy with myofascial anterior component separation and onlay mesh repair.

Source: Cureus

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.82993

Authors: Saurabh Kumar, Sakshi Jaiswal, Sanjay Kumar Saroj, Satyanam Kumar Bhartiya

Institutions: Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University

Language: English

Topic: Hernia repair and management

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4409795414