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What Causes A Hard Bulge In The Abdomen?
I fell twenty feet out of a tree in November, I am a 57 year old male. I broke my back from T8 to L1. I had surgery and had two rods and eight screws put in my back, the back is healing but I have a hard bulge on my abdomen. I have them on both sides but the left is worse. It gets harder and more uncomfortable with any length of traveling or eating. Do you have any idea what is causing this.
Wed, 30 Jul 2014
Hi and welcome to HCM. Thanks for the query.it sounds like ventral hernia so you need to see surgeon for it. Wish you good health. Regards
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