Richter's hernia through a Spigelian defect of the abdominal wall

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-70

  Fisichella, P Marco ^a   Harwell, Jennifer ^a   Brosnan, Joseph ^a   Abcarian, Herand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Richter's hernia; Spigelian hernia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRUNE BELLY SYNDROME; RICHTER HERNIA; SPIGELIAN HERNIA;

AGED; FEMALE; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845580045     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.02.028     Document Type: Article

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