Traumatic Incarceration of a Right Inguinal Hernia Due to a Deceleration Injury Following Airborne Operations: A Case Report

Abstract

Abstract Anterior abdominal wall hernias are a common and well described surgical pathology occurring in an estimated 5–10% of the population. Here, we describe a patient found to have acute incarceration of omentum through a patent processus vaginalis secondary to a high energy deceleration injury following airborne operations. Many studies and meta-analysis have been performed to examine the association between occupational risk factors, patient factors, and precipitating events leading to acute hernia and found insufficient evidence to support a causal link between single strenuous events and acute hernia formation. This case highlights and documents the occurrence of an isolated acute inguinal hernia with omental incarceration in the setting of patent processus vaginalis secondary to a single deceleration injury, contradicting the widely held notions described above.