Acute strangulation of the appendix within a laparoscopic port-site hernia

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-152

  Goodwin, Andrew T ^a,b   Ghilchik, Margaret ^a  

^a CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendix; Hernia; Laparoscopic port site; Right iliac fossa pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HERNIA STRANGULATION; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDIX; CECAL DISEASES; HERNIA; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION;

EID: 0031940355     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241598750004832     Document Type: Article

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