A 21-year-old man receives a penetrating knife wound in the…
A 21-year-old man receives a penetrating knife wound in the abdomen and injures the superior mesenteric artery. Ignoring collateral circulation and assuming he has typical anatomy, which of the following portions of the colon would most likely be impaired by this injury?
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A man is moving into a new house and during the process lifts a large chest of drawers. As he lifts he feels a severe pain in the lower right quadrant of his abdomen. He finds that he can no longer lift without pain and the next day goes to see his physician. Surgery is indicated and during the surgery the surgeon opens the inguinal region and finds a hernial sac with a small knuckle of intestine projecting through the abdominal wall just above the inguinal ligament and medial to the inferior epigastric vessels. Which of the following was the likely diagnosis?
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