Amyand's hernia: A report of 18 consecutive patients over a 15-year period

Hernia

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-35

  Sharma, H ^a   Gupta, A ^b   Shekhawat, N S ^c   Memon, B ^a   Memon, M A ^a,c  

^a WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SMS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicectomy; Appendicitis; Hernia

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYAND HERNIA; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HERNIA STRANGULATION; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947660486     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-006-0153-8     Document Type: Article

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