Diaby S*, Fall M, Diouf C, Coulibaly Mb, Gueye O, Bogol J, Ndour O and Ngom

Department of Paediatric Surgery, Senegal

*Corresponding Author: Souleymane Diaby, Department of Paediatric Surgery, Senegal.

Received: May 27, 2021; Published: September 15, 2021

Abstract

  In contrast to the Caucasian child, umbilical hernia can be complicated in 18.5% of black subjects. In the literature, the main complications described are hernial strangulation and engorgement, which reflect incarceration of the small intestine or omentum through the hernia. Our observation describes a rare complication which is evisceration on umbilical hernia by impalement. This is a 12-year-old female patient with a large umbilical hernia from birth, received at 3 hours of a playful accident at home. Emergency surgical exploration by subumbilical arched approach, ligation and section of the infarcted omentum; longitudinal aponeurography by X-stitches and an umbilical plasty were performed. Progressive feeding was started the next day and discharge was allowed on the third day. The patient received regular care and follow-up. The evolution was unremarkable after the postoperative setback of one month.

Keywords: Umbilical Hernia; Evisceration; Impalement

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Citation: Diaby S., et al. “Evisceration of Umbilical Hernia by Impalement: A Case Report". Acta Scientific Paediatrics 4.10 (2021): 21-23.

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