Repair of traumatic abdominal wall hernia (TAWH) has been reported to be necessary. Reported here is one case of TAWH without repair. A 27-year-old man was accidentally sandwiched between a rock and a truck and admitted to our emergency department. There was a swelling of 10 cm in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. The enhanced computed tomographic scan demonstrated a large abdominal wall...

The commonest situation is when the cardia slides through the oesophageal hiatus into the mediastinum (the sliding hernia); less commonly, the gastro-oesophageal junction remains in its correct position with the gastric fundus rolling alongside it through the hernia into the thoracic cavity (the rolling or paraoesophageal hernia) while in some cases the two conditions co-exist. A number of rare...

conclusions recurrence after repair of tdh is a less reported condition (with only two published articles) and little is known regarding the factors responsible for this. laparoscopy is an excellent diagnostic tool, but currently management is probably best performed via an open technique using heavy non-absorbable suture material to prevent recurrence. long term follow up of these patients sho...