Incarcerated ventral (epigastric) hernia containing a strangulated Meckel's diverticulum

Hernia

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 225-227

  Scheel, M J ^a   Mateo, R B ^b   Doyle, H R ^b   Atwell, R B ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hernia; Incarcerated; Littre's hernia; Meckel's diverticulum; Ventral

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECTOPIC PANCREAS; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HUMAN; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; YOLK SAC;

EID: 0033402472     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01194434     Document Type: Article

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