Ascitic eruption in an umbilical hernia in cirrhosis

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ferreira, Alexandre Oliveira ^a   Marinho, Rui Tato ^a   Ramalho, Fernando ^a   Velosa, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID; CASE REPORT; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY ASCITES; SUTURING METHOD; UMBILICAL HERNIA; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 84872719452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007741     Document Type: Note

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