Posttraumatic Muscular Forearm Hernia

Czech version

Authors: R. Burda; P. Hoffmann; M. Kitka
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika úrazovej chirurgie, Košice, Slovensko, prednosta: prof. MUDr. M. Kitka, Ph. D.
Published in: Rozhl. Chir., 2009, roč. 88, č. 8, s. 451-452.
Category: Monothematic special - Original

Overview

Symptomatic posttraumatic muscular herniation is a very rare complication of forearm fracture. We report a case of symptomatic musular herniation tretaed with an autologous fascia lata onlay graf.

Key words:
forearm muscular hernia – complication of forearm fractures

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