The positive predictive value of diagnostic ultrasound for accult herniae

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-167

  Bradley, Mike ^a   Morgan, J ^a   Pentlow, B ^a   Roe, A ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Occult hernia; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33644949000     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X95110     Document Type: Article

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