Partial preoperative reduction of inguinal hernia through compression with an ultrasound transducer

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 379-382

  Koseoglu, Kutsi ^a   Ozsunar, Yelda ^a   Taskin, Fusun ^a   Unsal, Alparslan ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Reduction; Transducer compression; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; OMENTUM; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSDUCER; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND;

FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESSURE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0043011301     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10186     Document Type: Article

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