Diverticular abscess presenting as an incarcerated inguinal hernia

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 208-209

  Greenberg, Josh ^b   Arnell, Tracey D ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Harbor UCLA Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIVERTICULITIS; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; COLON DISEASE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROTOMY; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; DRAINAGE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGMOID DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19844368638     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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