Citation

Mitchiner JC. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1990; 19(7): 812-813.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, St Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, American College of Emergency Physicians, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2389864

Abstract

Traumatic "handlebar" hernia, produced by impaction of a bicycle handlebar on the abdominal wall, is a rare entity. Presented is the case of a 7-year-old boy who sustained such a hernia, which contained an incarcerated loop of small bowel. The use of abdominal computed tomography to confirm the diagnosis before operative reduction of the hernia appears to be a safe and efficacious adjunct to physical examination.