Littre hernia: Surgical anatomy, embryology, and technique of repair

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 238-243

  Skandalakis, Panagiotis N ^a   Zoras, Odyseas ^b   Skandalakis, John E ^a   Mirilas, Petros ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; DIVERTICULOSIS; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMUR; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; ILEOCECAL VALVE; ILEUM; INGUINAL REGION; LITTRE HERNIA; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MIDGUT; NECROSIS; PERFORATION; REVIEW; STRANGULATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UMBILICAL HERNIA; UMBILICUS; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM;

EID: 33645499121     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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