When a hernia is not a hernia: The evaluation of inguinal hernias in the cirrhotic patient

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1093-1095

  Horn, Thomas W ^a   Harris, J A ^a   Martindale, R ^a   Gadacz, T ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; TESTIS; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; TESTIS; VEINS;

EID: 0035513198     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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