Case List History Objectives Radiology Images Questions HERNIAS Case #2 - A 35 year old lady with a bulge in the lower abdomen DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 4.) What events may predispose to an incisional hernia? Predisposing factors: obesity, malnutrition, steroids, systemic illnesses, connective tissue diseases, prior wound infection or hematoma.
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