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Acute Care Surgery

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An 82-year-old nursing home patient undergoes emergency intervention for an acute abdomen. Patient stated that the only thing that relieved the pain was flexion of her right thigh. Exploration confirmed strangulate bowel resulting from intestinal herniation. Which abdominal wall/pelvic hernia usually presents as an intestinal obstruction of unknown origin?

  1. (A)

    Femoral hernia

  2. (B)

    Lumbar hernia

  3. (C)

    Umbilical hernia

  4. (D)

    Spigelian hernia

  5. (E)

    Obturator hernia

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  1. Department of Surgery, Metro Health Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Jeffrey A. Claridge MD

  2. Department of Surgery, Regional Medical Center at Memphis, University of Tennessee, Presley Memorial Trauma Center, Memphis, TN, USA

    Martin A. Croce MD

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  1. Department of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA

    L. D. Britt MD, MPH (Brickhouse Professor of Surgery and Chairman) (Brickhouse Professor of Surgery and Chairman)

  2. Department of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA

    Donald D. Trunkey MD (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Emory University School of Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA

    David V. Feliciano MD (Professor of Surgery, Chief of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery, Chief of Surgery)

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Claridge, J.A., Croce, M.A. (2007). Abdominal Wall. In: Britt, L.D., Trunkey, D.D., Feliciano, D.V. (eds) Acute Care Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-69012-4_28

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