A case of bilateral obturator hernias; Feasibility of combination study of computed tomography and ultrasonography to make diagnostic and therapeutic strategies

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 52, 2003, Pages 1054-1056

  Otsuka, Yuichi ^a,b   Harihara, Yasushi ^a   Nakajima, Kentaro ^a   Furushima, Kaoru ^a   Konishi, Toshiro ^a  

^a Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation Medical Center Tokyo   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Incarceration; Obturator hernia; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; NAUSEA; OBTURATOR HERNIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; FEMALE; HERNIA, OBTURATOR; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037662924     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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