Acute appendicitis in a femoral hernia: An unusual presentation of a groin mass

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-18

  Isaacs, Lawrence E ^a   Felsenstein, Chad H ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Femoral hernia; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOXITIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMORAL HERNIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GROIN; HERNIA, FEMORAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0036590686     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(02)00455-9     Document Type: Article

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