Traumatic abdominal wall hernia and Morel-Lavallee lesion in a pediatric patient

Simón Esteva; Lucas Fair; Dianne Srinilta; Neil Mauskar; Tanner Matthews; Brandon Rabeler; Katherine Wright; Rosemarie Robledo; Steven Leeds; Marc Ward; Bola Aladegbami

doi:10.1080/08998280.2022.2119565

Traumatic abdominal wall hernia and Morel-Lavallee lesion in a pediatric patient

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2022 Sep 9;36(1):123-125. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2022.2119565. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Simón Esteva¹, Lucas Fair^{2

3}, Dianne Srinilta^{2

3}, Neil Mauskar⁴, Tanner Matthews^{2

3}, Brandon Rabeler³, Katherine Wright³, Rosemarie Robledo³, Steven Leeds², Marc Ward², Bola Aladegbami²

Affiliations

¹ College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas.
² Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
³ Department of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
⁴ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

Abstract

Traumatic abdominal wall hernias and abdominal Morel-Lavallee lesions rarely occur in blunt abdominal trauma. There are only a few documented cases of these occurring simultaneously, especially in the pediatric population. We report a case of a 15-year-old boy with a concomitant traumatic abdominal wall hernia and Morel-Lavallee lesions. Abdominal wall reconstruction was performed successfully via the collaboration of trauma, minimally invasive surgery, and plastic surgery teams.

Keywords: Hernia; Morel-Lavallee lesion; trauma; traumatic hernia.

Publication types

Case Reports