The use of ultrasound in the diagnosis of abdominal wall hernias

Hernia

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 347-351

  Young, Jerrold ^a   Gilbert, A I ^a   Graham, M F ^a  

^a Hernia Institute of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Hernia; Management; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWELLING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROIN; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547162920     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-007-0227-2     Document Type: Article

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