Dear Sir, The association of penetrating umbilical injury through an umbilical hernia is worthy of note; because though this hernia is a frequent pathology of the anterior abdominal wall in children,[1] such injury is rarely reported. Due to the inherent fascial defect in umbilical hernia, trivial injuries directed against it could lead to breach of the skin and peritoneum with evisceration of ...

BACKGROUND We reported two rare cases of congenital diaphragmatic hernia with abdominal wall closure defect, which were not associated with septum transversum diaphragmatic defects or Fryns syndrome. CASE PRESENTATION Case 1: a Japanese baby boy was delivered at 37 weeks' gestation by urgent cesarean section because of the diagnosis of severe fetal distress. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia wi...

Flank and lateral abdominal wall defects are a rare as well challenging entity for surgeons they differ vastly in regard to their anatomy, etiology, pathophysiology. They remain an infrequent topic of discussion the literature despite potential causing fatal consequences. Various approaches have been practiced reviewed details which produced promising results. But, this, there is no general con...

A 68-year-old woman presented a rare lateral abdominal wall hernia. Three month before admission to Chungbuk National University Hospital, she found a large protruding mass measuring 8 cm in diameter in the midaxillary line just below the costal margin upon heavy coughing. She had no history of abdominal trauma, infection, or operation previously. The mass was easily reduced manually or by posi...

Permanent synthetic materials are currently of choice for abdominal wall hernia repair. However, they are not ideal as short- and long-term complications with these have been reported. Extracellular matrix-derived biological implants (EMDBI) have emerged as a result of research and development into new materials. Several types of EMDBI have appeared in the last few years, each with its own manu...

Spigelian hernia (SH) is a rare entity accounting for 1-2% of ventral abdominal wall hernias. Elusive clinical signs and symptoms pose a diagnostic challenge and a consequent risk of strangulation. We present an emergent case of a Spigelian hernia involving the appendix.

A 53-year-old female with a history of cholecystectomy presented with right lower quadrant abdominal pain for 2 days. She was afebrile with no loss of appetite or other gastrointestinal symptoms. Physical examination showed right lower quadrant abdominal tenderness with rebounding pain and hypoactive bowel sounds. Laboratory results showed no abnormalities and a normal white blood cell count (6...