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Case #2 -
A 35 year old lady with a bulge in the lower abdomen

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1.) What additional history should be obtained in this patient?

History: prior surgery, previous wound infection postoperatively, systemic illnesses, conditions causing increased intraabdominal pressure, reducibility, symptoms of bowel obstruction.

 
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