Obturator hernia revisited: A review of 12 cases in 7 years

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 82-84

  Chung, C C ^a   Mok, C O ^a   Kwong, K H ^a   Ng, E K W ^a   Lau, W Y ^a   Li, A K C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Contrast radiography; Intestinal obstruction; Obturator hernia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INVALIDITY; LAPAROTOMY; MORTALITY; OBTURATOR HERNIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HERNIA, OBTURATOR; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030942965     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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