Abstract
A 28 year old woman presented with a spontaneous rupture of an umbilical hernia in her seventh month of pregnancy. She had four previous unsupervised normal deliveries. There was no history of trauma or application of herbal medicine on the hernia. The hernia sac ruptured at the inferior surface where it was attached to the ulcerated and damaged overlying skin. There was a gangrenous eviscerated small bowel. The patient was resuscitated and the gangrenous small bowel was resected and end to end anastomosis done. The hernia sac was excised and the 12 cm defect repaired. Six weeks later, she had spontaneous vaginal delivery of a live baby. We advocate that large umbilical hernias should be routinely repaired when seen in women of child bearing age.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.5001/omj.2011.70
- Journal
- Oman Medical Journal
- Publisher
- Oman Medical Specialty Board
- Open access
- Gold open access
Cite this article
APA 7
Ahmed, A., Stephen, G., & Ukwenya, Y. (2011). Spontaneous Rupture of Umbilical Hernia in Pregnancy: A Case Report. Oman Medical Journal. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2011.70
MLA 9
Ahmed, Adamu, et al. "Spontaneous Rupture of Umbilical Hernia in Pregnancy: A Case Report." Oman Medical Journal, 2011. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2011.70.
Chicago (author–date)
Ahmed, Adamu, Garba Stephen, and Yahaya Ukwenya. 2011. "Spontaneous Rupture of Umbilical Hernia in Pregnancy: A Case Report." Oman Medical Journal. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2011.70.
Harvard
Ahmed, A., Stephen, G. and Ukwenya, Y. (2011) 'Spontaneous Rupture of Umbilical Hernia in Pregnancy: A Case Report', Oman Medical Journal. doi:10.5001/omj.2011.70.
Vancouver
Ahmed A, Stephen G, Ukwenya Y. Spontaneous Rupture of Umbilical Hernia in Pregnancy: A Case Report. Oman Medical Journal. 2011. doi:10.5001/omj.2011.70
IEEE
A. Ahmed, G. Stephen, and Y. Ukwenya, "Spontaneous Rupture of Umbilical Hernia in Pregnancy: A Case Report," Oman Medical Journal, 2011, doi: 10.5001/omj.2011.70.