Incarcerated umbilical hernia with small bowel obstruction in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patientIncarcerated umbilical hernia with small bowel obstruction in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient
- Other Titles
- Incarcerated umbilical hernia with small bowel obstruction in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient
- Authors
- 정요한; 도준영; 황문주; 김민정; 구민근; 박병삼; 최정은; 김태우
- Issue Date
- 2014
- Publisher
- 영남대학교 의과대학
- Keywords
- Umbilical hernia; Intestinal obstruction; Peritoneal dialysis
- Citation
- Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine, v.31, no.1, pp 25 - 27
- Pages
- 3
- Journal Title
- Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
- Volume
- 31
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 25
- End Page
- 27
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/12870
- DOI
- 10.12701/yujm.2014.31.1.25
- ISSN
- 2384-0293
2384-0293
- Abstract
- Patients treated with peritoneal dialysis have increased intra-abdominal pressure and a high prevalence of abdominal wall complications. Hernias can lead to significant morbidity in patients on peritoneal dialysis.
Hernias are clinically important because of the risk of incarceration, strangulation and subsequent bowel obstruction, rupture, and peritonitis. In this paper, a case of incarcerated umbilical hernia with small bowel obstruction in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patient is reported. The small bowel obstruction improved after herniorrhaphy, and the peritoneal dialysis was resumed 2 weeks after the herniorrhaphy.
The patient had been undergoing CAPD without technical failure until the 2 months follow-up after the herniorrhaphy. This case shows that early detection of incarcerated umbilical hernia and herniorrhaphy can prevent resection of a strangulated small bowel so that it can remain on CAPD without post-operative technical failure. Umbilical hernias should be carefully observed and intestinal obstruction should be considered when a CAPD patient with an umbilical hernia has abdominal pain.
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