A Patient With a Left Ventricular Assist Device Requiring Emergency Surgery for a Strangulated Umbilical Hernia: A Case Report

Mateusz P. Kubicki; Patrycja Krawczyk; Emil Obrębski; Aleksandra Sojda; Weronika Stępień; Łukasz Nawacki

doi:10.12659/AJCR.951673

24 May 2026 : Case report Poland

A Patient With a Left Ventricular Assist Device Requiring Emergency Surgery for a Strangulated Umbilical Hernia: A Case Report

Management of emergency care, Clinical situation which can not be reproduced for ethical reasons

Mateusz P. Kubicki

^{ACDEF 1*}, Patrycja Krawczyk

^{ABCDEF 1}, Emil Obrębski

^{ACDEF 1}, Aleksandra Sojda

^{ACDEF 1}, Weronika Stępień

^{ACDEF 1}, Łukasz Nawacki

^{BEG 1,2}

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.951673

Am J Case Rep 2026; 27:e951673

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Figure 1 Abdominal radiograph of our patient on the day of admission. 1) Shadow of the LVAD’s centrifugal blood pump. 2) 12th thoracic vertebra. 3) 1st lumbar vertebra. 4) Gas within the large intestine. 5) Shadow of the driveline. 6) 5th lumbar vertebra. 7a) Right ilium. 7b) Left ilium.

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A Patient With a Left Ventricular Assist Device Requiring Emergency Surgery for a Strangulated Umbilical Hernia: A Case Report

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