Omental Morgagni-Larrey hernia: An anatomical pictorial essay

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 587-591

  Stimec, Bojan V ^a,b   Milisavljevic, Milan ^a   Malikovic, Aleksandar ^a   Fasel, Jean H D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Dissection; Morgagni Larrey hernia; Omentum; Sternocostal

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCOSTAL JOINT; TRANSVERSE COLON;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; OMENTUM;

EID: 50949092421     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20668     Document Type: Article

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