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Strangulated femoral hernia presenting as parietal wall emphysema
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Strangulated femoral hernia presenting as parietal wall emphysema

Sanjay Marwah, N. Marwah, Dalbir Singh Sandhu and R.K. Karwasra
Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol.24(5)
2005

Abstract

Adult Female Hernia, Femoral Humans Subcutaneous Emphysema antibiotic agent abdominal wall adult article bacterial infection Bacteroides case report clinical examination debridement emphysema female femoral hernia hernia strangulation human intestine obstruction Klebsiella pneumoniae laparotomy necrotizing fasciitis paralytic ileus surgical drainage thorax wall femoral hernia subcutaneous emphysema
Surgical emphysema of abdominal and thoracic wall, along with features of intestinal obstruction, has not been reported as a complication of strangulated femoral hernia. We report a 31-year-old woman with such a presentation. © 2004 Indian Journal of Gastroenterology.

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