An infant case of ruptured umbilical hernia with eviscerated omentum after acupuncture
Serious acupuncture-related complications are rare in infants. We experienced a case of a 58-day-old infant with an umbilical hernia who received acupuncture from a non-professional guardian. Upon initial examination in the emergency department, the omentum protruded through the skin defect caused b...
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Korean Society of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
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| description | Serious acupuncture-related complications are rare in infants. We experienced a case of a 58-day-old infant with an umbilical hernia who received acupuncture from a non-professional guardian. Upon initial examination in the emergency department, the omentum protruded through the skin defect caused by acupuncture performed on top of the hernia. The infant underwent emergency surgery, and subsequently recovered uneventfully. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-82ce3df812a641a9b2a13938ba8f76082023-07-06T06:52:09ZengKorean Society of Pediatric Emergency MedicinePediatric Emergency Medicine Journal2383-48972508-55062023-07-0110310410610.22470/pemj.2023.00703178An infant case of ruptured umbilical hernia with eviscerated omentum after acupunctureSang-Hun Lee0Eunyoung Jung1Department of Emergency Medicine, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University College of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of KoreaDivision of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University College of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of KoreaSerious acupuncture-related complications are rare in infants. We experienced a case of a 58-day-old infant with an umbilical hernia who received acupuncture from a non-professional guardian. Upon initial examination in the emergency department, the omentum protruded through the skin defect caused by acupuncture performed on top of the hernia. The infant underwent emergency surgery, and subsequently recovered uneventfully.http://pemj.org/upload/pdf/pemj-2023-00703.pdfabdominal painacupunctureemergency medicinehernia, umbilicalinfant |
| spellingShingle | Sang-Hun Lee Eunyoung Jung An infant case of ruptured umbilical hernia with eviscerated omentum after acupuncture Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal abdominal pain acupuncture emergency medicine hernia, umbilical infant |
| title | An infant case of ruptured umbilical hernia with eviscerated omentum after acupuncture |
| title_full | An infant case of ruptured umbilical hernia with eviscerated omentum after acupuncture |
| title_fullStr | An infant case of ruptured umbilical hernia with eviscerated omentum after acupuncture |
| title_full_unstemmed | An infant case of ruptured umbilical hernia with eviscerated omentum after acupuncture |
| title_short | An infant case of ruptured umbilical hernia with eviscerated omentum after acupuncture |
| title_sort | infant case of ruptured umbilical hernia with eviscerated omentum after acupuncture |
| topic | abdominal pain acupuncture emergency medicine hernia, umbilical infant |
| url | http://pemj.org/upload/pdf/pemj-2023-00703.pdf |
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