Inguinofemoral hernia: Accuracy of sonography in patients with indeterminate clinical features

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1168-1178

  Robinson, Philip ^a   Hensor, Elizabeth ^b   Lansdown, Mark J ^c   Ambrose, N Simon ^c   Chapman, Anthony H ^c  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal imaging; Dynamic sonography; Inguinofemoral hernia; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL HERNIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; OBTURATOR HERNIA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HERNIA, FEMORAL; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33750366710     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.1251     Document Type: Article

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