Ultrasound may decrease the emergency surgery rate of incarcerated inguinal hernia

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 721-724

  Chen, Shyr Chyr ^a   Lee, Chien Chang ^a   Liu, Yueh Ping ^a   Yen, Zui Shen ^a   Wang, Hsiu Po ^a   Ma, Matthew Huei Ming ^a   Fang, Cheng Chung ^a   Chen, Wen Jone ^a   Lai, Hong Shiee ^a   Lee, Po Huang ^a   Lin, Fang Yue ^a   Chen, Wei Jao ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emergency surgery rate; Incarcerated inguinal hernia; Manual reduction; Ultrasound guided reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 20444448502     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520510015485     Document Type: Article

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