Morgagni hernia: Unique presentations in elderly patients

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-82

  Lev Chelouche, Dina ^b   Ravid, Anat ^b   Michowitz, Moshe ^b   Klausner, Joseph M ^b   Kluger, Yoram ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Complications of diaphragmatic hernia; Morgagni hernia; Parasternal hernia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0032897599     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199901000-00022     Document Type: Article

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