Spontaneous Umbilical Hernia Rupture Associated With Omentum Evisceration in a Patient With Advanced Hepatic Cirrhosis and Refractory Ascites

Flood syndrome is a spontaneous rupture of an umbilical hernia. It has a high mortality and morbidity and presents many challenges in medical versus surgical management. We present a case of a 23-year-old Yamani woman with complicated umbilical hernia, newly diagnosed hepatitis B infection, and deco...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2021-06, Vol.13 (6), p.e16042
Main Authors: Albeladi, Abdulqader M, Odeh, Ahmad M, AlAli, Aminah H, Alkhars, Abdullah M, Buhlaigah, Adeeb M, Alghadeer, Hussain A, Almosbeh, Mohammed J, AlAbbad, Mohmmed T, AlGhadeer, Mohammad S
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Language:English
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Gastroenterology
General Surgery
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Summary:Flood syndrome is a spontaneous rupture of an umbilical hernia. It has a high mortality and morbidity and presents many challenges in medical versus surgical management. We present a case of a 23-year-old Yamani woman with complicated umbilical hernia, newly diagnosed hepatitis B infection, and decompensated liver cirrhosis with ascites (Child-Pugh grade B). The patient was undergoing multiple abdominal ascitic tapping that eventually ruptured with an omentum evisceration, causing Flood syndrome. An urgent umbilical hernioplasty with mesh in a sublay technique was conducted.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.16042