Amyand's hernia: Case report and review of the literature

Hernia

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-91

  D'Alia, C ^a   Lo Schiavo, M G ^a   Tonante, A ^a   Taranto, F ^a   Gagliano, E ^a   Bonanno, L ^a   Di Giuseppe, G ^a   Pagano, D ^a   Sturniolo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appendicectomy; Diagnosis; Hernial appendicitis; Hernioplasty; Orchidectomy

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN;

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; AGED; AMYAND HERNIA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTAMINATION; GANGRENE; HERNIA STRANGULATION; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; GANGRENE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0038198660     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-002-0098-5     Document Type: Article

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