Strangulated femoral hernia containing a perforated appendix

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-69

  Nguyen, Eric T ^a   Komenaka, Ian K ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Milstein Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMORAL HERNIA; HERNIA STRANGULATION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, FEMORAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TORSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242330485     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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